TORONTO — Ontario Attorney General Caroline Mulroney has announced the appointment of Evelyn J. Baxter to the Ontario Court of Justice.
Justice Baxter is a member of Marten Falls First Nation.
She has been assigned to serve in Kenora.
According to a government news release Monday, Justice Baxter has extensive legal experience including over 10 years as an adjudicator with the Independent Assessment Process, the federal tribunal adjudicating cases involving former students of Indian Residential Schools.
She has also served as an adjudicator for the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and as chair of the Mercury Disability Board.
She has been a keynote speaker at various conferences, and before various organizations inhcluding the United Nations.
