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Denise Baxter

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Vice Provost Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University
📍 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Denise Baxter is the Vice Provost of Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University, where she provides strategic leadership for Indigenous programming and community relations. With a Master of Education, her expertise centers on advancing reconciliation and decolonizing educational frameworks, drawing from her extensive background in Indigenous education.

Denise is a proud Anishinaabe woman from Marten Falls First Nation and is deeply engaged in her community. She frequently travels to participate in national conferences and forums focused on Indigenous citizenship and reconciliation, collaborating with colleagues across the country to address important issues and foster relational accountability.

Unique fact: She brings her direct community perspective as a member of Marten Falls First Nation to her senior academic leadership role.

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Current Role
Vice Provost Indigenous Initiatives
Location
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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Indigenous Education
Leads all Indigenous initiatives at Lakehead University and has a history of directing Indigenous-focused teacher education programs at the university level.
Truth and Reconciliation
Actively participates in and promotes national forums on reconciliation, emphasizing the need for "truth telling" to create meaningful change in post-secondary institutions.
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Vice Provost Indigenous Initiatives
Lakehead University
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Aboriginal Initiatives, Lakehead University. Featured in YouTube
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Aboriginal Initiatives, Lakehead University. Featured in NCCIE
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Education
2000 - 5-2006
Master of Education - MEd
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
9-1992 - 4-1993
Bachelor of Education - BEd
Nipissing University
9-1987 - 8-1992
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Wilfrid Laurier University
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