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Draft declinedThank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Your draft submission to Articles for creation has been reviewed but not accepted at this time.
FeedbackThe reviewer, CherryPie94, left the following feedback:
Wikipedia articles must be written neutrally in a formal, impersonal, and dispassionate way. They should not read like a blog post, advertisement, or fan page. Rewrite the draft to remove:
Thanks for your feedback. I have rewritten the draft to reduce promotional language and remove résumé-style material. The revised draft is shorter, uses more neutral wording, and relies mainly on independent published sources such as CBC News, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Life, Global News, The Tyee, ERR News, CPAC, and official parliamentary records. I have also removed most “selected appearances” material and kept awards/recognition limited to items supported by official or independent sources.
I am submitting it through Articles for Creation for review by independent editors and welcome neutral edits, corrections, removals, and further improvements. PerOlafSalming (talk) 23:25, 10 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Marcus Kolga is a Canadian journalist, researcher, and documentary filmmaker whose work has focused on disinformation, foreign interference, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and human rights sanctions. He is the founder of DisinfoWatch, a Canadian project that monitors foreign disinformation.[1]
Kolga has been quoted by Canadian media on Russian disinformation, foreign interference, sanctions policy, and transnational repression.[2][3][4]
== Background ==
Kolga is of Estonian descent. The Office of the President of Estonia lists Marcus Adrian Kolga as a recipient of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class, and gives his year of birth as 1973.[5]
== Career ==
Kolga has worked as a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and researcher. His public commentary has largely concerned Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, authoritarian influence operations, sanctions policy, and foreign interference in Canada.[1]
In 2020, he founded DisinfoWatch. In a 2023 profile, Toronto Life described Kolga's work tracking pro-Russian social media accounts and narratives targeting Canadian audiences.[1]
Kolga has been cited in coverage of Russian state-linked information operations and foreign interference. CBC News quoted him in 2018 in coverage of Canada's expulsion of Russian diplomats after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the United Kingdom.[3] In 2020, CBC News cited him in reporting on allegations that a Montreal-based website had amplified Russian disinformation narratives.[2] He has also been quoted in The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star on foreign interference and foreign state-backed harassment in Canada.[4][6]
== Sanctions and parliamentary appearances ==
Kolga was involved in Canadian civil society advocacy for Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions legislation. During debate over Canada's Magnitsky law, he was quoted by The Globe and Mail on the proposed legislation and Russian reactions to it.[7][8]
Kolga has appeared as a witness before Canadian parliamentary committees. In 2024, he appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security during its study of Russian interference and disinformation campaigns in Canada.[9] In May 2026, he was listed as a witness before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development during its study of Bill C-219, a bill concerning sanctions and broadcasting legislation.[10][11]
== Disinformation and foreign interference ==
Kolga has appeared in media and public-affairs programming concerning disinformation and democratic institutions. CPAC included him in its Disinformation and Democracy series, including the episode “Where are Canadians getting their news?”.[12]
In 2025, the Atlantic Council published Authoritarian Reach and Democratic Response: A Tactical Framework to Counter and Prevent Transnational Repression, co-authored by Kolga, Sze-Fung Lee, Iria Puyosa, Kenton Thibaut, and Lisandra Novo.[13]
In 2026, Kolga co-authored a report on foreign interference and the Alberta separatism debate with Jennie Phillips, Brian McQuinn, and Bartel Van de Walle.[14] Global News reported that the study warned of Russian and American interference in the Alberta separatism debate.[15]The Tyee also reported on the study's findings and recommendations concerning disinformation and platform transparency.[16]
== Estonian-Canadian community work ==
Kolga has been active in Estonian-Canadian community affairs. ERR News has cited him in coverage of Estonian cultural and community initiatives in Canada, including archival film footage, commemoration of Soviet deportations, and Estonian community events in Toronto.[17][18][19]
== Recognition ==
In 2015, Kolga received the Order of the White Star, 5th Class, from Estonia.[5] In 2022, he received the Medal of Honorary Recognition from Latvia's Ministry of Defence.[20][21] The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded him the Cross of Merit, Second Class, in 2022.[22]
Toronto Life included Kolga in its 2023 list of the 50 most influential Torontonians.[23]
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Hello, PerOlafSalming, I'm Bearcat. Please note that pages in draft space, such as Draft:Marcus Kolga are not allowed to be categorized alongside finished articles in mainspace, per WP:DRAFTNOCAT. The page must stay out of any categories so long as it is outside mainspace, and this is not an optional rule that you're free to disregard or ignore.
You can provisionally list categories in your draft without affecting content categories by using one of the methods described here.
As the page has had to be pulled out of categories twice in three days, do not readd it to categories again, because draft and sandbox pages are not allowed to be in content categories. Note as well that there can be consequences for disruption if it doesn't stop, such as page protection or deletion and/or the temporary or permanent suspension of your editing privileges. Bearcat (talk) 15:10, 13 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
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