Laurence Baxter, Senior Community Advisor, Marten Falls First Nation. He served as Chief of Marten Falls First Nation for 2 years. He worked for 25 years with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment as an Environmental Officer. He worked for Nishnawbe Aski Nation in governance and as director of Social Services and child advocacy for 13 years. He acted as the chief negotiator for Marten Falls First Nation on the Regional Framework Agreement. More recently, he has represented the community as a senior advisor on the development of the Marten Falls Community Access Road and as a Working Group appointee on behalf of Marten Falls overseeing the development of the Northern Road Link. In this role, as a proponent, he has overseen the planning and implementation of a large scale Indigenous led Environmental Assessment.
