Founded in 2007 as a print and online publication, C2C Journal is now primarily an online magazine publishing original commentaries, stories, reviews and investigative reports. Aimed at a national Canadian audience of readers interested in fresh ideas and quality writing about current political, cultural and economic issues, C2C specializes in longer form journalism that provides more substance than most mainstream news products and is more engaging than most academic journals.

C2C’s unabashed bias is in favour of free markets, democratic governance and individual liberty. We strive for balance, fairness and accuracy in our reporting and commentary. Our mission is to explore and develop “Ideas that Lead” by encouraging writers to push boundaries, challenge orthodoxies and advance arguments rooted in the values and principles of classical liberalism and western civilization.

C2C is particularly dedicated to the discovery and development of new, young writers and invites anyone interested in writing for the magazine to visit our Submissions page.

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Founded in 2007 as a print and online publication, C2C Journal is now primarily an online magazine publishing original commentaries, stories, reviews and investigative reports. Aimed at a national Canadian audience of readers interested in fresh ideas and quality writing about current political, cultural and economic issues, C2C specializes in longer form journalism that provides more substance than most mainstream news products and is more engaging than most academic journals.

C2C’s unabashed bias is in favour of free markets, democratic governance and individual liberty. We strive for balance, fairness and accuracy in our reporting and commentary. Our mission is to explore and develop “Ideas that Lead” by encouraging writers to push boundaries, challenge orthodoxies and advance arguments rooted in the values and principles of classical liberalism and western civilization.

C2C is particularly dedicated to the discovery and development of new, young writers and invites anyone interested in writing for the magazine to visit our Submissions page.

George
Koch

Editor-in-chief

George Koch

George Koch is C2C Journal's Editor-in-Chief. A longtime small business owner with a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Journalism, he has spent the past 30+ years writing about politics, business, war, energy, and skiing for a variety of domestic and international publications. He was on the founding news team of the National Post, in the early 2000s was a speechwriter for Alberta's Minister of Energy, and after contributing numerous articles to C2C, joined in 2018 as an associate editor.

Peter Shawn Taylor

Senior Features Editor

Peter Shawn Taylor

Peter Shawn Taylor is Senior Features Editor at C2C Journal. In this role, he is involved in shepherding articles from initial pitch to posting. His areas of expertise include economics, public policy and history, and he oversees C2C contributors who specialize in these areas. Peter is also involved in the Journal’s strategic planning, working closely with Editor-in-Chief George Koch. Peter enjoys mentoring young and emerging writers and has been heavily involved in C2C Journal’s student essay contest as well as its collaboration with the Conservative Values Tomorrow program. He is also a familiar face at the annual Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa where he can usually be found standing at the C2C Journal booth handing out special print issues of the magazine.

Peter has been a professional journalist for over 30 years, working both as a staff writer and freelancer for a variety of publications, including Alberta Report, Canadian Business, National Post, Canadian Geographic, Saturday Night, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Waterloo Region Record and many others.

In addition to editing, Peter also regularly produces essays for C2C Journal. Any topic that catches his interest is fair game. Recent examples include payday loans, police background checks, a defence of colonialism and his experience canoeing the Northwest Territories’ fabled Nahanni River.

Maria V. Krylova

Art Director

Maria (Masha) V. Krylova

Maria V. Krylova  is C2C Journal’s Art Director, responsible for sourcing and editing illustrations, production editing and web posting. Following her immigration to Canada from Russia in 2011, Masha studied at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, where she received B.Sc. Honours and M.A. degrees in Social/Developmental Psychology. Masha has diverse interests, from social sciences and politics to culture, art and religion. She has written several book chapters on education and Indigenous issues, and is a contributing writer to C2C Journal . As a child, Masha received professional training in classical piano, which remains her primary hobby. She also enjoys ballroom and Latin dancing as well as hiking, running and swimming. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Brock Eldon

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Brock Eldon

Brock Eldon is Associate Editor at C2C Journal. In his expanding role, he contributes to many aspects of producing the journal, among other things editing social media graphics and postings, managing C2C’s engagement on X, narrating our authors’ essays for posting to Spotify, and writing op-ed-length versions of our authors’ essays for distribution to partner media. 

Brock’s international experiences, having lived and worked abroad for 10 years, inform his perspective and approach to his work; his background enhances his contributions to C2C Journal, particularly in understanding Canada’s role in the global context. Brock is also a contributing author to C2C Journal. Brock’s role as Associate Editor gives him the flexibility to pursue his own creative writing and research projects while being part of a team that is at the front lines of Canadian political and cultural discourse.