# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-fontaine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:46.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-fontaine"
name: "Phil Fontaine"
slug: "phil-fontaine"
description: "Larry Phillip Fontaine, is an Indigenous Canadian leader and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. He is known for his role in raising public awareness of the Canadian Indian residential school system and pushing to secure Federal and Papal apologies in 2008 and 2022 respectively. He also helped secure a repudiation of Discovery doctrine from Pope Francis on March 30, 2023."
tagline: "Aboriginal Canadian leader"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.559001333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fontaine"
    title: "Phil Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "فيل فونتين (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فيل فونتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fontaine"
    title: "Phil Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fontaine"
    title: "Phil Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fontaine"
    title: "Phil Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fontaine"
    title: "Phil Fontaine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327559"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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