President’s Speakers Series MtA (EXP Mar 1 @ 7 pm)

The President’s Speakers Series welcomes Dr. James Makokis and Anthony Johnson – Two-spirit, Indigenous advocates, and Amazing Race Canada winners – on Wednesday, March 1st at 7 pm. Their presentation, Day in the Life of a Modern Day Warrior, will take place both in person at the Crabtree Auditorium at 49A York Street and online. Dr. Makokis is a proud Cree, two-spirit physician from Saddle Lake First Nation in Northern Alberta and is known as one of Canada’s most progressive doctors and experts in numerous topics. Anthony Johnson is a two-spirit, LGBTQ2S+ and an Indigenous advocate originally from the Navajo {Na-va-ho} Nation located in North Phoenix, Arizona. In 2019, the pair completed Season 7 of the Amazing Race Canada, becoming the first two-spirit Indigenous, married couple in the world to be crowned winners. For more information on these speakers and this engaging event, visit mta.ca/about/news. All are welcome and masks are required to attend in-person.

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