James Makokis is a two-spirit Family physician who specializes in treating transgender patients from Cree communities. Makokis was born in 1981/82 at Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Alberta and wanted to be a doctor since he was young. He mastered in health sciences from the University of Toronto (2006), and graduated from the University of Ottawa’s […]| The Scientific Detective
Aimée Craft is an Anishinaabe-Métis lawyer from Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. She is the founding director of research at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the director of research as the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Craft graduated from the University of Victoria ad began her work […]| The Scientific Detective
Nel Wieman is Canada’s first female Indigenous psychiatrist. Wieman was born in 1964 at Little Grand Rapids First Nation in Manitoba. She is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. She was taken from her family and placed in foster homes until she was adopted by a Dutch family in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Wieman grew up […]| The Scientific Detective
Lillian Dyck is a member of the Cree Gordon First Nation and is the first female Indigenous person to earn a PhD and become a Senator. Dyck was born August 24th, 1945. Her father, Yok Lee Quan came to Canda after paying the Head Tax, a controversial tax in Chinese-Canadian history. Dyck’s mother, Eva Muriel […]| The Scientific Detective
Nadine Caron is the first Indigenous (Ojibway) woman general surgeon and the first Indigenous graduate of UBC’s medical school. Born in 1970, Caron excelled in academics and basketball. She attended Simon Fraser University for Kinesiology where she won awards such as the Shrum Gold Medal for being the top undergraduate student. She was again recognized […]| The Scientific Detective
Kent Monkman is probably one of the most recognized Indigenous artist of our generation with his satirical paintings that deliver a scathing criticism on collective Indigenous history. Monkman was born November 13th, 1965 in St. Marys, Ontario. He was raised across many reserves in Manitoba and comes from Swampy Cree, English, and Irish descent. Monkman […]| The Scientific Detective
Stepping back into the past today with today’s spotlight. Tommy Prince was an Indigenous war hero and veteran. He is the most decorated Indigenous war-veterans in Canada with 11 medals during his service in WW2 and the Korean War. He was part of the First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade) and was the most decorated […]| The Scientific Detective
Sheila Watt-Cloutier is an Inuk Climate Change activist. She is well known for her book The Right to be Cold which is a joint memoir and study on climate change. Watt-Cloutier was born on December …| The Scientific Detective
