Public Speaking
Marcus has spent years engaging with audiences in a variety of formal and informal settings. His speaking engagements have included conference papers, keynote speeches, classroom visits, and presentations at faculties of law. Some highlights include:
Advanced Civil Procedure
Guest lecture, University of Alberta, February 2024 [virtual seminar]
Journalism and Social Change
Guest lecture, Toronto Metropolitan University, September 2023
International Literature Festival, Dublin
Reading and author talk, ILFD, May 2023
Ottawa International Writers Festival
Reading and author talk, Ottawa, May 2023
Civility in the Legal Profession
Advocates Society Conference, December 16, 2021 [virtual seminar]
Impact of the Charter on Schools, Education Law Conference
Osgoode Professional Development, October 7, 2021 [virtual seminar]
Policing LGBTQ Identities, an Out in Law Panel
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, October 2020 [virtual seminar]
Together for Sex Ed
Action Canada, October 2020 [virtual presentation]
House Divided: Paths to Remediation for the LGBTQ2+
Community and Law Enforcement
Thomson Reuters, June 2020 [virtual panel]
Criminal Lawyers Association Spring Conference
CLA, May 2020 [virtual panel]
Sex-Positive Legal Reform Discussion Hosted by OUTLAWS
Faculty of Law, Queens University, February 2020, Kingston ON
RODA’s 5th Annual Diversity Conference
Ontario Bar Association, December 2019, Toronto ON
Are There Any Bad Sex Laws?
Carleton University Conference Paper, March 2019, Ottawa ON
Glad Day Bookshop & State Censorship: Freedom to Read Week
Book and Periodical Council of Canada, February 2019, Toronto ON
Trinity Western v Law Society of Upper Canada: Debate
Faculty of Arts, University of Toronto, May 2018, Toronto ON
Sex-Positive Legal Reform: Special Lecture
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, January 2018, Victoria BC
Cruising is Public Service
Conference Paper, Trent University, Peterborough, ON
Sexuality, Law, and Policing
Concordia University, Montreal QC
Faculty of Law Class of 1971 Reunion
University of Toronto, Keynote on tuition & accessibility
Feminist Responses to the Criminalization of HIV
Conference discussant for two-day conference
Flaunting It!: Celebration of the Body Politic
Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto, ON
Symposium on HIV, Law & Human Rights
Panellist: media representations of HIV & the Law
Freedom to Read Week
Panellist – sexuality & censorship at Toronto Public Library
Rise up! Conference
Panellist – LGBT rights, Canadian Labour Congress National Conference
Canadian University Press Conference
Speaker – Journalism and sex negativity