James Makokis

Makokis operates a clinic in the Enoch Cree Nation 135 serving the Kehewin and Enoch Cree Nations, and a satellite clinic in Edmonton, Alberta. He earned his Master's in health science from the University of Toronto in 2006, and graduated from the University of Ottawa's medical school in 2010 and the University of British Columbia's Aboriginal Family Medicine Residency Training Program in 2012. He is trained in family medicine. Makokis has also worked as an instructor at Yellowhead Tribal College, teaching courses on Indigenous health and traditional medicine, and at the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. ==Personal life and activism==

Makokis grew up in the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. His mother is Patricia Makokis, a former president of Blue Quills University. Makokis is gay, In 2019, Makokis and Johnson competed together as a team on The Amazing Race Canada 7 and won. They spoke to the media about their hopes that, by being open about who they are on the show, that they might help LGBTQIA+ youth feel safe in being who they are, and that their visibility has hopefully opened the way for more conversations about issues facing the Two-Spirit, Indigenous, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women communities. ==Awards==

Makokis was a 2007 youth recipient of the Indspire Award, which celebrates and encourages excellence in the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. ==References==