Media
The Medical Post's 2021 Power List
The 30 Most Influential Physicians in Canada in 2021
https://www.canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/the-medical-posts-2021-power-list
Interviews:
Education and Representation: Dr. James Makokis in conversation with U of Alberta President Bill Flanagan
https://youtu.be/YC99CuYUA4g
COVID-19
February 9, 2021, CBC: Kehewin Cree Nation celebrates arrival of COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/kehewin-cree-nation-celebrates-arrival-of-covid-19-vaccine-1.5906400
February 4, 2021, CTV: Legislation to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care is coming, Ottawa says: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/legislation-to-fight-anti-indigenous-racism-in-health-care-is-coming-ottawa-says-1.5296678
January 25, 2021, CTV: A year later, Indigenous communities are fighting twin crisis: COVID-19 and inequality: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/a-year-later-indigenous-communities-are-fighting-twin-crises-covid-19-and-inequality-1.5280843
January 20, 2021, CBC: Family doctors call on province to let them give COVID-19 vaccinations: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/family-doctors-call-on-province-to-include-them-in-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-1.5879235
November 27, 2020, CBC: First Nation in Alberta sees jump in COVID-19 cases:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1824890435537
November 25, 2020, CBC: Some First Nations seeing uptick in COVID-19 cases despite careful beginning: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/covid-19-reserves-indigenous-1.5815756
November 12, 2020, CBC: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launches First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Wellness Centre: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/camh-shkaabe-makwa-centre-1.5799832
May 19, 2020, APTN: Cree doctor hopes for positive changes post pandemic:
https://www.aptnnews.ca/facetoface/cree-doctor-hopes-for-positive-changes-post-pandemic/
April 30, 2020, APTN: First Nations doctors speak out about Canada's 'troublesome' pandemic response: https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/first-nations-doctors-canadas-troublesome-pandemic-response/
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health:
Voices from the Field Episode 12: Adapting to COVID-19 Reflections to staying connected to traditions and ceremonies during a pandemic
https://www.nccih.ca/docs/general/PODCAST-VoicesFromField-JamesMakokis-Transcript-EN.pdf
https://www.nccih.ca/495/Podcast_Series__Voices_From_the_Field.nccih?id=207
Transgender Health:
December 23, 2018: CBC: A Cree doctor's caring approach to treating transgender patients; https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/a-cree-doctors-caring-approach-for-transgender-patients
The Amazing Race Canada
December 2019: Cultural survival quarterly magazine: Representation matters - James Makokis and Anthony Johnson become two-spirit role models for the world: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/representation-matters-james-makokis-and-anthony-johnson
September 19, 2019: The Washington Post: 'Our existences are political': What it means that a gay, Indigenous couple won Canada's "Amazing Race" : https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/09/19/our-existences-are-political-what-it-means-that-gay-indigenous-couple-won-canadas-amazing-race
September 17, 2019: CBC Unreserved, First Words: Why Amazing Race Canada winners want you to learn Indigenous languages: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/first-words-why-amazing-race-canada-winners-want-you-to-learn-indigenous-languages-1.5286600