Baxter's photographs from Asia, Africa and the Middle East were displayed in four solo exhibitions.[citation needed] He raised more than $50,000 for Right To Play from his annual exhibits and auctions.[citation needed] He spent time visiting the charity’s programs in Benin and Ethiopia[citation needed],[5] where he met with volunteers and children who benefit from the organization's work.[citation needed]
Baxter volunteered for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) as a junior committee member for five years[citation needed], where he helped organize and attended the foundation's 8-Ball and Red Party, which raised close to half a million dollars for HIV/HIV/AIDS research.[citation needed][6]
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.[citation needed]
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).[7]
In September 2009, Baxter emceed The Best of Canada Interior Design Awards in Toronto.[citation needed] In October of the same year, Glen moderated FASHION//NEXT: The Annual Forum for Toronto’s Next Generation of Fashion Industry Professionals.[citation needed]
On June 11, 2009, he hosted the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s annual event in Montreal, attended by Quebec Premier Jean Charest and Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay.[8]
He appeared in the Toronto Star’s Top 10 Best Dressed Men in Canada and earned a style award from The Globe and Mail in 1996.[citation needed]