Paul Schafer

D. Paul Schafer is Director of the World Culture Project. He has worked in the arts and cultural field for more than five decades as an educator, advisor, administrator, and researcher. He was Assistant Director of the Ontario Arts Council from 1967 to 1970, a founder and Director of York University's Programme in Arts and Media Administration from 1970 to 1974, and Coordinator of the Cooperative Programme in Arts Administration and the Cooperative Programme in International Development at the University of Toronto from 1984 to 1990. He has taught arts administration and cultural policy at York University and the University of Toronto, undertaken numerous projects and advisory missions for UNESCO to different parts of the world, and executed several projects for Canada's Department of External Affairs.

Paul is the author of numerous books on culture and the arts in general and Canadian culture and the arts in Canada in particular, including Culture - Beacon of the Future (Praeger/Greenwood), Aspects of Canadian Cultural Policy (UNESCO), Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age (University of Ottawa Press), The Age of Culture (Rock’s Mills Press), The Secrets of Culture (Rock’s Mills Press), Culture and Politics in Canada: Towards a Culture for All Canadians (World Culture Project), Review of Federal Policies for the Arts in Canada: 1944-1988 in conjunction with André Fortier (Canadian Conference of the Arts), Culture and Customs of Canada (Greenwood Publishing Group, World Cultures Today Online), and Arguments for the Arts: Towards a Dynamic and Innovative Arts Policy (Arts Scarborough).

Paul’s latest book is Celebrating Canadian Creativity (Rock’s Mills Press, 2016). It documents Canadian creativity in virtually every field of Canadian cultural life, from food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and communications to the arts, sports, recreation, and the environment. The book is designed to demonstrate that Canadians are incredibly creative people and have been throughout their history.

Information on these and other books and articles Paul has written and had published is available in the Publications section of the World Culture Project website at : www3.sympatico.ca/dpaulschafer.
D. Paul Schafer, Director, World Culture Project, 19 Sir Gawaine Place, Markham, Ontario, L3P 3A1. (Tel: 905-471-1342), (Email: dpaulschafer@sympatico.ca).