A native of Guelph, Burke comes to Ottawa after nearly 15 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, most recently serving as Senior Director of Player Personnel and Co-Manager of Football Operations for 2021s Grey Cup runners-up.

Today, we begin a new era of REDBLACKS football, said President and CEO Mark Goudie. We ran an extremely inclusive and in-depth GM search process that showcased the high caliber of football minds in our game. I am tremendously excited to experience the passion Shawn will bring to our team, and to RNation. On behalf of the OSEG ownership group -- Roger Greenberg, John Ruddy, John Pugh and Bill Shenkman, we're thrilled to welcome Shawn Burke to Ottawa.