He was a faculty member at Cooper Union, Fordham University and Pratt Institute, and also taught at Millennium Film Workshop in New York City.
[2] Beginning in 1976, McLaren worked as a filmmaker, scholar, teacher, curator, critic, and community organizer.
His films include: Crash 'n' Burn: the "self-destructive document of Toronto’s eponymous punk club,"[5] Wave, Weather Building, Dance of the Sacred Foundation Application (feat.
Jack Smith), Sex Without Glasses, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival award-winning sensation Summer Camp.
[1] A recipient of such prestigious grants as the Ontario and Canada Council awards, McLaren's works have been shown worldwide.