PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Marianne actively contributes to public conversations about education.
Read below about all her public engagements, including her keynote speaking engagements, media appearances, podcasts, conference and workshop presentations.
DR. MARIANNE A. LARSEN: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Feb. 2024 Internationalization in Global South Universities: A Case Study of Karatina University, Kenya, Faculty of Education, Western University.
January 2020 Internationalization of Higher Education – Moving Towards Global Learning for All . Intercultural Competence Conference
KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Tucson, Arizona
Nov. 2018. Internationalization of Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities,
University of Waterloo, Internationalization Week
October 2018. Internationalization and Higher Education: Barriers and Inequalities.
Faculty Seminar, Western Faculty of Education.
MARIANNE LARSEN: MEDIA APPEARANCES
“I love engaging with the media and have had much experience working with print, radio and television journalists. ”
Devon Peacock Morning Show 980 CFPL. 15 April, 2026. Ontario Scales Back Trustee Authority in Sweeping Education Changes.
London trustee, officials react to sweeping school board changes, 13 April 2026. London Free Press.
The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story. The Local. 4 March 2026.
Trustees fret over poor math scores at Thames Valley schools: 'Unacceptable' (London Free Press, 9 Nov 2024)
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45-ontario-today#episodes (you can hear me at 20.30 and 34.40 minutes)
TVDSB trustees skeptical about Ontario's plan for 'student and family support offices' (CBC Radio)
Trustees reject push to dive into data over London-area classroom violence (London Free Press, 30 May 2024).
Board staff push back on trustees' request for school safety data: 'Big ask' (London Free Press, 24 April 2024).
Police won't be back in public elementary, high schools after close trustee vote (CBC, 21 January 2024)
Podcasts and Webinars
Ford government changes leave cloud of confusion for TVDSB
The Craig Needles Podcast, London, ON (April 2026)
Death of the Local: Towards Critical, Local Democratic School Governance Webinar Panelist.
U of T/OISE, Western Faculty of Education (December 2025)
A TVDSB arrest and a TVDSB exit,
The Craig Needles Podcast, London, ON (October 2025).
About International Education,
Project Save the World. Toronto, ON (Sept 2025).
Ousted TVDSB Trustee on Ford Government's School Board Take Over,
The Craig Needles Podcast, London, ON (August 2025).
Stretching spatial theories: New ways of thinking of space and time in comparative and international education,
Webinar Speaker. Global Public Seminars in Comparative and International Education,
University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (March 2025)
Space in International Education Research.
FreshED podcast. (July 2016)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
BRIEF SUMMARY
I have presented papers and organized panels at 49 peer-reviewed academic conferences over a 25-year period from 2001-2026.
The main conferences I have attended are those organized by the following academic societies:
Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) – based in the U.S.A.
Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
American Education Research Society (AERA)
Conference Organizing and Workshops
2015 International Service Learning: Engaging Host Communities. Conference coordinator. Western International, Western’s Faculty of Education, and the RICE (Researching International and Contemporary Education) Group. Western University.
2013 Community Mobilization in Comparative Contexts: Intercultural Strategies to Address Violence against Women and Children, Western University Faculty of Education. Conference organizing committee member, Co-sponsored by the RICE Group & CREVAWC. Western University.
2012 Pedagogies of the International, Western University Faculty of Education, Conference organizing committee member, RICE (Researching International and Contemporary Education) Group. Western University.
2011 Teaching and Learning for Global Perspectives: Theories, Policies, Practices, CSSE, pre-conference organizing committee member co-sponsored by the Global Perspectives in Canadian Education Network and the CIESC (Comparative and International Education Society of Canada). UNB.
2011 Theorizing International Education Symposium, Western University Faculty of Education, Conference organizing committee member, RICE Group.
2009-2010 Teaching for Equity and Social Justice, Locally and Globally Conference Coordinating Member, Western University Faculty of Education, UNICEF and OSSTF.