by Lindsay Batt Non-Insured Health Benefits Navigator

Lindsay Batt (she/her) is excited to be joining the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat as the Non-Insured Health Benefits Navigator.

Lindsay is originally from Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland and Labrador) and is a proud member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Social Work from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lindsay is a community advocate with a social justice focus and has spent the past 8 years working with and for Indigenous peoples in various capacities. During her university career she worked with the Indigenous Student Resource Office and represented Indigenous students on her local, provincial, and national student unions. She was honoured to participate in the Visiting Aboriginal Elders Pilot Project which successfully brought Elders and Knowledge Keepers to campus more regularly. ...