Glen Baxter is a

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television journalist. He hosted

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's ''In Fashion'' and reported for FashionTelevisionChannel.

Early life

He was raised in

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. Baxter moved to

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to study journalism at

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, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied arts.

Career

Baxter began his career in television with a brief stint as a producer at YTV as a student. While at YTV, he worked as an arts and entertainment on-camera reporter for French CBC (Société Radio-Canada) on the station’s weekly show ''Survolt.'' In 1991, Glen received a call from Moses Znaimer and landed a job at

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as an on-air reporter for ''FAX'' (now ''MuchNews''). He made the jump to entertainment as a reporter for

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's ''CityPulse'' in

. In 2001, Baxter became host of ''In Fashion'' and a reporter for FashionTelevisionChannel, where he reports on fashion, design and photography. He reports on-site at

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, and Montréal Fashion Week each year.

Projects

Baxter's photographs from

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and the

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were displayed in four solo exhibitions. He raised more than $50,000 for Right To Play from his annual exhibits and auctions. He spent time visiting the charity’s programs in

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and

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, where he met with volunteers and children who benefit from the organization's work. Baxter volunteered for the

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(CANFAR) as a junior committee member for five years, where he helped organize and attended the foundation's 8-Ball and Red Party, which raised close to half a million dollars for

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/ HIV/AIDS research. Baxter was a guest speaker and regular host for John Ralston Saul's Le Francais Pour L'Avenir (French for the Future), where he encouraged high school students to speak and learn French and shared his thoughts on bilingualism. In March 2009, he became Honorary Chair of SNAP!09, an annual photographic fundraiser held in Toronto that benefits the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT). In September 2009, Baxter emceed The Best of Canada Interior Design Awards in

. In October of the same year, Glen moderated FASHION//NEXT: The Annual Forum for Toronto’s Next Generation of Fashion Industry Professionals. On June 11, 2009, he hosted the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s annual event in

, attended by

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Premier Jean Charest and Montreal Mayor

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. He appeared in the ''

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''’s Top 10 Best Dressed Men in Canada and earned a style award from ''

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in 1996.

References

External links

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