# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-hurtig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:14.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-hurtig"
name: "Mel Hurtig"
slug: "mel-hurtig"
description: "Mel Hurtig was a Canadian publisher, author, political activist, and political candidate. He was president of the Edmonton Art Gallery. He described himself as a Canadian nationalist, while he also wrote several books critical of Canadian government policy."
tagline: "Canadian publisher, author, political activist and political candidate (1932–2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-06-24"
deathDate: "2016-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.143701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2098579/"
    handle:    "nm2098579"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hurtig"
    title: "Mel Hurtig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3304851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump