Mark Milke, PhD,  is the founder and president of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. Mark is a public policy analyst and author with six books, over 70 studies, and more than 1,000 columns published in the last 25 years. His policy work has been published by numerous think tanks in Canada and internationally, including the Fraser Institute, the Montreal Economic Institute, American Enterprise Institute, and Brussels-based Centre for European Studies. He is editor of the Aristotle Foundation’s first book, The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should Be Cherished–Not Cancelled. Mark is also the past-president of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary where he drove ahead the commissioning, fundraising, and installation of  a statue of Churchill in Calgary on June 6, 2024—the 80th anniversary of D-Day. His sixth book, The Victim Cult: How grievance culture is wrecking civilization, is an Amazon bestseller. In 2022, Mark was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in recognition of his service to the province of Alberta.