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The Voices Hub is where Exigent Foundation’s educational mission meets Canadian public discourse.
The analysis, interviews, and commentary featured here are created by journalists, educators, and civic leaders who participated in immersive educational missions to the Middle East.
Grounded in firsthand observation and contextual understanding, these Voices examine how extremism, radicalization, antisemitism, geopolitical instability, and ideological movements abroad influence democratic life, social cohesion, and civic debate in Canada.
From Canadians who witnessed the realities behind global extremism firsthand—and returned equipped to explain how those forces shape public discourse, democratic values, and civic life in Canada.
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U.S., Canada, and the China in between
Dean Baxendale
August 30, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
National Security & Geopolitics
Western Values & Democratic Norms
In this Sunday Guardian column, Dean Baxendale places Canada–U.S. trade negotiations within the wider struggle over China’s dominance of global manufacturing and North American supply chains.
Islamist strategy has become “entrenched” in Canadian society, experts warn
Melanie Bennet
August 24, 2026
Juno News
Extremism & Radicalization
Western Values & Democratic Norms
Juno News reporter Melanie Bennet examines an ISGAP report alleging that Muslim Brotherhood-aligned networks have pursued a long-term strategy of entrenchment across Canadian government, electoral politics, charities, universities, advocacy groups, and professional networks.
Military intelligence identified digital IDs, CBDCs as tools of authoritarian control
Melanie Bennet
August 20, 2026
Juno News
National Security & Geopolitics
Western Values & Democratic Norms
Juno News reporter Melanie Bennet examines a partially disclosed 2024 CFINTCOM assessment that identifies smart cities, facial recognition, biometrics, digital identities, movement credentials, among tech that authoritarian governments can combine for control.
9/11 wasn’t a “terrorist attack,” according to the CBC
Warren Kinsella
August 26, 2026
Toronto Sun
Media, Journalism & Public Trust
Extremism & Radicalization
In this Toronto Sun column, Warren Kinsella criticizes an internal CBC memo instructing journalists not to describe the September 11 attacks as “terrorist attacks” without attribution. The guidance instead referred to hijackings that led to passenger-jet crashes.
Canada’s corrosive “protest circuit” explained, with Caryma Sa’d
Adam Zivo
July 22, 2026
National Post
Free Expression & Civil Discourse
Social Cohesion & Community Impact
Adam Zivo speaks with journalist and lawyer Caryma Sa’d about her documentation of protests and political events across Ontario. Sa’d describes a “protest circuit” in which a relatively small number of recurring activists can generate disproportionate disruption through coordinated online and in-person organizing. She discusses intimidation, property damage, efforts to silence opposing viewpoints, and violence directed at journalists, counter-protesters, and bystanders.
Kinsella asks why media hid Montreal killer motive
Warren Kinsella
July 9, 2026
You Tube
Antisemitism in Canada
Media, Journalism & Public Trust
Warren Kinsella discusses the June 22 shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, where Jewish community member and police officer were killed. Focusing on how the incident was framed by major Canadian news organizations. Arguing that coverage emphasized the attacker’s misogynistic views and hostility toward the pornography industry while giving insufficient attention to antisemitic language in his manifesto.
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About The Voices
Exigent Voices are Canadian media professionals, educators, and civic leaders selected for their credibility, expertise and reach. Each has engaged directly with the forces shaping modern extremism and its impact on democratic societies.
Their work brings context, proportion, and firsthand perspective to Canadian public discourse.
About The Voices
Exigent Voices are Canadian media professionals, educators, and civic leaders selected for their credibility, expertise and reach. Each has engaged directly with the forces shaping modern extremism and its impact on democratic societies.
Their work brings context, proportion, and firsthand perspective to Canadian public discourse.
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