Whole Medicines

Publication: New Trail

A traditional approach to caring for Indigenous and trans patients.

James Makokis, ’04 BSc(Nutr/Food), is many things: a doctor, a two-spirit man from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and an ultramarathon trail runner who married his husband partway through the Vancouver marathon. Read to learn about how he’s helping both transgender and Indigenous people find healing and health, with practices in Edmonton and Kehewin.