Sheldon Posen is a folklorist, a member of Finest Kind, and a former writer of the 'Songfinder' column for Sing Out!. In the 1970's, while still a graduate student, he was the Director of Mariposa in the Schools. He is presently the Curator of Canadian Folklife at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, a position he was appointed to in 2001. He has written on the folklore of typical Canadian foods, such as the butter tart.

Publications and Articles

• Old Bush Songs: The Centenary Edition of Banjo Paterson's Classic Collection (review) Folk Music Journal, January 1, 2007.
• English-French Macaronic Songs in Canada- A Research Note and Query. Folksongs
• Posen, IS and Taft M. The Newfoundland Popular Music Project. Canadian Folk Music Journal 1 (1973) pages 17-23
• Posen, IS and Sciorra, J. Brooklyn's Dancing Tower. Natural History 96(6) 1983 pages 30-37

Books Authored

• Posen, I. Sheldon (2004). 626 By 9: A Goal-by-goal Timeline of Maurice the Rocket Richard's Scoring Career in Pictures, Stats, and Stories.
• The Canadian Pub Caroler compiled by Shelley Posen
• For Singing and Dancing and All Sorts of Fun. Winner of the 1991 Porcupine Book Award
• Posen, I. Sheldon; Joseph Sciorra; David M Kahn (1989). The Giglio: Brooklyn's Dancing Tower.
• Posen, Shelley (2009). The Christmas Canoe.

Music

Songs

• No More Fish, No Fishermen
• When First I Stepped in a Canoe (included in the Canoesong collection)
• Everyone Loves Shabbes But the Chickens
• The La-La-Latke Song
• S'mores

Solo CDs

• Menorah 2007 Songs from a Jewish life
• The Old Songs Home (2003)
• Manna 2003 Songs about Jewish food

CDs as part of Finest Kind

• Lost in a Song (1996)
• Heart's Delight (1999)
• Silks & Spices (2004)
• Feasts & Spirits (2004)