Dr. Alika Lafontaine

Alika Lafontaine is an award-winning physician, speaker, alignment consultant, and the first Indigenous physician to be listed by The Medical Post as one of Canada’s 50 Most Powerful Doctors. He is recognized internationally as an expert on Indigenous health systems, institutional bias, racism and reflective practice. Dr. Lafontaine is currently the Canadian Medical Association’s President, the first Indigenous president in its history. Dr. Lafontaine has also been Medical Director (Indigenous Health) for Alberta Health Services North Zone, an Assistant Professor with the University of Alberta, College of Medicine and practices as an anesthesiologist. He is a member of the council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, chair of the governance committee of the Canadian Medical Association Journal and past-president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada.

Dr. Lafontaine joined the board of the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation in 2018.