{"id":614111,"date":"2026-04-19T08:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614111\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:49:27","slug":"nunavut-chamber-of-mines-appoints-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/614111\/","title":{"rendered":"Nunavut chamber of mines appoints chief executive officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><a class=\"category business\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/tag\/business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Apr 16, 2026 \u2013 11:25 am EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Paul H\u00e9bert to join organization May 11<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Paul-Hebert-jhg.jpg\" title=\"Nunavut chamber of mines appoints chief executive officer\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"389\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Paul-Hebert-jhg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul H\u00e9bert is the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines new chief executive officer. He\u2019s scheduled to start in the role May 11. (Photo courtesy NWT  and Nunavut Chamber of Mines)<\/p>\n<p class=\"author custom\">By Nunatsiaq News<\/p>\n<p>The NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines has appointed a chief executive officer.<\/p>\n<p>Paul H\u00e9bert takes on the role on May 11, the chamber announced Tuesday in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines advocates\u00a0for responsible and sustainable mine exploration and development across the two territories. It has offices in Iqaluit and Yellowknife.<\/p>\n<p>The chamber touted H\u00e9bert in the release as a leader who will \u201craise awareness\u201d and be a \u201cstrong advocate\u201d for chamber membership as more people are paying attention to the North.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic security and sovereignty have come front and centre in Canada under Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s government, with <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/carney-announces-35b-plan-to-defend-arctic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">several billion dollars<\/a> directed toward defence spending across the North.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e9bert has worked in leadership positions at the Mining Industry Human Resource Council, the Canadian Nuclear Association and the Appraisal Institute of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, he was vice-president of communications at the Mining Association of Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260417-nwmb\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260417.100.91.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business\u00a0\u00a0Apr 16, 2026 \u2013 11:25 am EDT Paul H\u00e9bert to join organization May 11 Paul H\u00e9bert is the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-614111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}