Marcus Kolga

Marcus Kolga is the current president of the Estonian Central Council in Canada. He is a documentary filmmaker, writer, foreign policy and disinformation analyst. His parents were refugees from Puise in Läänemaa and Emmaste in Hiiumaa.

Marcus Kolga: History, propaganda and Putin’s information warfare

Marcus Kolga / May 18, 2020

Marcus Kolga, an Estonian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist, who last week came under attack by a group of radicalised Russian-Canadian nationalists, writes that the radicals who deny the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states and glorify the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, have been co-opted as part of the Kremlin’s information warfare against Canadian critics, aided by […]

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Marcus Kolga: The new far-right is sinking Estonia’s international reputation – who is responsible?

Marcus Kolga / May 15, 2019

Marcus Kolga, an Estonian-Canadian filmmaker and journalist, writes that in the light of the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party’s inclusion into the governing coalition, the world is watching and wondering – what happened to Estonia? Last week, newspapers around the world were filled with headlines that negatively reflected a growing stream of problematic statements and

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Marcus Kolga: Canadians can learn from the Estonian-Canadian experience

Marcus Kolga / February 25, 2019

Marcus Kolga, the current president of the Estonian Central Council in Canada, said at the Estonian independence day flag-raising ceremony in Toronto that all Canadians should know why the Estonian community came to Canada and take a note of the wonderful things they have achieved in the country. Our families left Estonia with little more

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