Shawn Newman

Shawn Newman, PhD, is Adjunct Professor in The Creative School and Director of Research & Program Design at Skills for Change. His research examines cultural policy, labour markets, and equity through cross-sector partnerships that connect academia, government, and non-profits. He is Co-Director of a multi-year SSHRC Partnership Grant on the civic impact of the arts and Associate Editor of RUBIX: Journal for Creative Research & Practice.

Recent publications

First Author with Mary-Elizabeth Luka, Robin Sokoloski, & Robin Nelson. “Return to Impact: A Process of Imagining,” Culture and Local Governance. Vol. 8, no. 2: 2024.

First Author with Kadija Da Paula and Deanne Kearney, “From Output to Outcome: Transforming Cultural Impact Assessment in Canada.” De Gruyter Handbook of Creative Industries. Eds., Louis-Etienne Dubois, Laurent Simon, and Bérangère Szostak. New York: De Gruyter, 2025. Forthcoming.

Third Author with Mary-Elizabeth Luka, Robin Sokoloski, & Robin Nelson. “How We Work In/With Culture Now: Reimagining Impact Assessment and Governance,” Culture and Local Governance. Vol. 8, no. 1: 2023. Author. “Concentration of Artists in Canada,” Toronto Arts Council. 2023.  

Second Author with Louis-Etienne Dubois and Frédéric Dimanche, “Challenges and Opportunities in Cultural Tourism: The Case of Ontario Culture Days.” The Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism. Eds., Alastair Morrison and Dimitrios Buhalis. New York: Routledge, 2023.

Author. “In Conversation: Excerpts from Interviews with George Kerscher, Farrah Little, Daniella Levy-Pinto, Amy Rollason, and Adam Rallo.” PUBLIC: Art | Culture | Ideas. Vol. 33, no. 66, 2022.

Second Author with Jeanne LeSage. “The Future of Arts Work: Board Governance in the Arts.” Toronto: Mass Culture. 2021.