Congratulations Dr. Alika Lafontaine

Dr. Alika Lafontaine has been elected as 2021 CMA president-elect nominee

2 March 2021

Canadian Medical Association (CMA) members in Alberta have voted Dr. Alika Lafontaine as a nominee for CMA president in 2022–23. Dr. Lafontaine is an award-winning physician who practises anesthesia in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

He was born and raised in Treaty 4 Territory (Southern Saskatchewan) and has Anishinaabe, Cree, Metis and Pacific Islander ancestry.

Pending confirmation of his nomination by CMA General Council this August, Dr. Lafontaine will serve as president-elect until August 2022, when he will become CMA president. 

You can read the full announcement here.