Rachel Marsden

Rachel Marsden
Marsden speaking at CPAC in 2008.
Born	(1974-12-02) December 2, 1974 (age 42) Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Columnist, political commentator, lecturer
Website	RachelMarsden.com

Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a conservative political columnist, television commentator and university lecturer, originally from Canada but now based in Paris. She is also the CEO of Rachel Marsden Associates, which describes itself as "an international firm headquartered in Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in Defense, Intelligence, Politics, Media and Public Affairs issues." A fluent French speaker, she teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris. As of March 2016, she hosts a twice-weekly French-language geopolitical talk show on Sputnik News from the network's Paris studio.

In the 2000s, she was a columnist for publications such as the Toronto Sun and Human Events magazine. Her column is currently syndicated by Tribune Publishing (formerly known as Tribune Media Services).

Marsden grew up in Port Coquitlam, BC. As a high school student at Terry Fox Secondary in 1992, Marsden received a bronze Governor General's Academic Medal .

Marsden was inspired to go into journalism by listening to Canadian radio personality Jack Webster when she was growing up. In 2002, she took a political journalism training course at the National Journalism Center in Washington, DC.

Marsden graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a minor in French language. As a SFU student, Marsden came to public attention when she was at the center of the Simon Fraser University 1997 harassment controversy, in which she and a swimming coach publicly accused each other of sexual harassment. The coach was dismissed, then re-hired by the university after doubts were raised about the credibility of her accusations against him. Over ten years later, Marsden was interviewed by the university's newspaper and said of the events: "[The administration] were more interested in quelling negative PR than defending the truth. I was told by SFU to keep quiet and say nothing to the media. My only regret is that I listened to them."