Stunden Bower, Shannon
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD University of British Columbia, 2006
MA University of Toronto, 2000
BA Honours University of Manitoba, 1999
I study the history and historical geography of Canada. I am particularly interested in environmental history and the Canadian west, as well as in relations between people and the state.
Wet Prairie: People, Land and Water in Agricultural Manitoba will be published by UBC Press in mid-2011.
Selected Recent Publications
Stunden Bower, Shannon. “Natural and unnatural complexities: flood control along Manitoba’s Assiniboine River,” Journal of Historical Geography vol. 36, no.
Stunden Bower, Shannon. “Watersheds: Conceptualizing Manitoba’s Drained Landscape,” Environmental History vol. 12, no. 4 (October 2007): 796-819.