A new documentary highlighting the history of discrimination and prejudice in Alberta is set to premiere this month at Mount ...

Canada Files. Canada Files | Phil Fontaine. 5/13/2025 | 28m Video has Closed Captions | CC. Former Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Spoke out publicly about abusive residential schools.

Former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine spent years fighting for an official apology from the Catholic Church for its role in residential school abuses. Fontaine told ...

Fontaine was one of the first to speak publicly about abuse at residential schools when he recounted in 1990 his own experiences at the Fort Alexander Residential School in Manitoba.

He was a "man of his word," said former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine. "Pope Francis was a great man. He was humble. He was courageous. And he was responsible for ...

Phil Fontaine, a survivor and former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, spent much of his life fighting for the Pope to deliver an apology in Canada. "Without an apology, it would be ...

Phil Fontaine, a survivor and former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, ... When asked by a reporter if the abuse at residential schools amounted to “genocide,” Francis agreed.