Author: mkpoppie

Marcus co-authored a report focusing on the threat of foreign exploitation of the Alberta separation issue, which launched on May 6, 2026. The report received significant national and international media – and was mentioned by the director of Canada’s CSIS, Daniel Rogers, in an interview for CBC’s The House. The study examines Russian state-aligned actors…

I wrote this piece for the January 30, 2026 Globe and Mail focusing on the need for Canada to follow the example of Sweden and Estonia, to prepare Canadians for future crises and conflict – and to create a volunteer civil defence corps.You can access it here.

I spoke with CTV News on January 25 about the unlikely prospects for peace as Russia continues to terrorize Ukraine.

In my first piece as an adjunct professor at the University of Regina, I co-authored this piece for The Conversation with my friend and colleague Brian McQuinn focusing on the Russian threat to NATO, The Baltic Sea region and Canada. https://theconversation.com/canada-at-war-with-russia-why-the-debate-has-shifted-from-if-to-when-272326

Dear friends, Thank you all for your friendship, solidarity, and support over the past year, and to colleagues for an extraordinary level of cooperation and collaboration in what has been an increasingly difficult and consequential time for all of us. Among the highlights was my partnership with the Ukrainian World Congress – Свiтовий Конґрес Українців…

Marcus joined CTV news while on vacation on Christmas to discuss the Ukrainian/EU peace proposal and Vladimir Putin’s ongoing imperialist war of terror against Ukraine.

On December 6, Marcus appeared on CBC News to speak about the Russian/Trump Peace Deal.

This Remembrance Day, CBC has published an important piece by Alexandra Kazia exploring how the way we experience war is being transformed through social media and the endless feeds delivered straight to our phones. I shared thoughts alongside former Canadian Armed Forces Brig-Gen Jay Janzen and several leading psychologists about how this constant exposure to…