Theodore Fontaine

  • Theodore Fontaine is an Ojibwe author and residential school survivor from Manitoba, Canada.

  • He attended Fort Alexander Indian Residential School in the 1950s and 60s.

  • Despite the trauma he endured, Fontaine went on to have a successful career in civil engineering and Indigenous affairs.

  • He held various leadership positions, including chief of his band and executive director of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

  • Fontaine became an advocate for residential school survivors and wrote Broken Circle as part of his healing journey.

  • His memoir aims to educate others about the impacts of the residential school system and promote understanding and reconciliation.

Books by Theodore Fontaine