Jillian Stirk retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs after assignments in Ottawa and abroad that took her from Europe to the Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, NATO and the United Nations. Most recently she served as Assistant Deputy Minister – Strategic Policy, Global Issues and Europe, and as the Department’s Chief Foreign Policy Officer. She served as Canada’s Ambassador to Norway and had postings to the Canadian delegations to NATO, the OSCE and the UN, and a first posting to Poland with cross accreditation to the GDR.
