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:

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