D’Arcy Duquette has been married for 40 years with two adult children. After 39 years D’Arcy retired from Canadian Pacific Railway as Senior Director, Network Strategy. D’Arcy is a member of the Surgery and Critical Care SCN’s along with the co-chair of the Citizen Advisory Team, South Health Campus. He is past Chair for the Patient and Family Advisory Committee with the Health Quality Council of Alberta and a Senior Patient Partner with Choosing Wisely Canada. D’Arcy is also a committee member of Imagine Citizens Network, the Quality Assurance Committee and Alberta Surgical Initiative Advisory Network. D’Arcy also volunteers as a patient advisor for the Cancer Screening Virtual Education along with Continuing Care, Home Care and Long-Term Care.

D’Arcy is a graduate from the 2022 PaCER (Patient and Community Engagement Research) Sponsored by Strategic Clinical Network and AbSPORU (Alberta Strategy for Patient Oriented Research Support Unit). D’Arcy is also a Patient Advisor with Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) and Peri-Operative Quality Initiative (POQI) teams. D’Arcy sits on the Board of Directors for his Community Residents Association and remains actively involved in Community development. He has been a cancer patient in Alberta’s healthcare system for colon, lung, and bladder cancers, and has had both negative and positive experiences. D’Arcy is committed to providing a safe and quality healthcare system for all Canadian’s. On January 26th, 2023 D'Arcy was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for Community and Healthcare advocacy.