Dr. Evan Adams is a Coast Salish actor and family physician from the Tlaamin First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia. After completing his medical degree at the University of Calgary he did his residency at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he focused on Aboriginal health at the St. Pauls Site of the UBC Family Practice Residency Program in Vancouver. In 2009 Dr. Adams received his masters degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first person to fill the role of Aboriginal health physician advisor in the Office of the Provincial Health Officer in British Columbia, a position he held from 2007 to 2012. He then served as deputy provincial health officer from 2012 to 2014. Since 2014 Dr. Adams has been Chief Medical Officer with the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia; in this capacity he works closely with government partners on population and public health issues. He is engaged in ongoing health care system transformation initiatives and is proud to bring forward wellness directives generated by First Nations communities.