D. Paul Schafer has worked in the cultural field for more than four 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, executed a number of projects for Canada's Department of External Affairs, and undertaken several advisory missions for UNESCO to different parts of the world. He was originally trained as an economist, and taught economics at Dalhousie University and Acadia University before entering the cultural field, specializing in international development, principles of economics, and the history of economic thought.Paul is the author of many books and articles on culture and the arts in general and Canadian culture and the arts in Canada in particular, including most recently The Secrets of Culture (Rock's Mills Press, 2015) and The Age of Culture (Rock's Mills Press, 2014). His most recent book, Celebrating Canadian Creativity (Rock's Mills Press, 2016), examines the full range of Canada's creative accomplishments in the arts, science, business, technology, sports, and many other fields.Earlier works include Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age (University of Ottawa Press); Culture: Beacon of the Future (Greenwood Publishing); Aspects of Canadian Cultural Policy (UNESCO); 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); A New System of Politics: Government, Governance, and Political Decision-making in the Twenty-first Century (World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution); Culture and Customs of Canada (Greenwood Publishing Group, World Cultures Today Online); and Arguments for the Arts (Arts Scarborough). Revolution or Renaissance was translated into Chinese and published by the Social Sciences Academic Press in China in 2006; the Press also translated and published his earlier work Culture: Beacon of the Future in 2008.