Shelley Posen

Shelley Posen
Born
Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
NationalityCanadian
EducationPhD University of Pennsylvania
OccupationCurator of Canadian Folklife (ret'd)
EmployerCanadian Museum of History
Known forFinest Kind, columnist for Sing Out!
ChildrenA son and a daughter,[1] Mika Posen
Website[1]

Shelley (I. Sheldon) Posen is a Canadian folklorist, singer and songwriter, a member of the folk trio Finest Kind,[2] and a former writer of the 'Songfinder' column for Sing Out![3] In the 1970s, while still a graduate student, he was the Director of Mariposa in the Schools. He conducted fieldwork and recorded traditional songs extensively in the Ottawa Valley. He was Curator of Canadian Folklife at the Canadian Museum of Civilization/Canadian Museum of History from 2001 to 2015.[1] He has written on traditional song, Canadian sports and cultural heroes, and the folklore of Canadian foods such as the butter tart.[4]

  1. ^ a b c When Two Careers Are Better Than One, by Randy Ray, undated. Accessed January 9, 2008.
  2. ^ "Finest Kind". Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  3. ^ Goliath Business News. "Shelley Posen". Retrieved 2007-01-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Posen, Sheldon. "Butter Tart". Bill Casselman. Archived from the original (Web Article) on 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2008-01-11.