James Makokis

James A. Makokis (born 1981 or 1982) 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. 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.