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
Research & Expertise
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.
Selected Recent Publications
Stunden Bower, Shannon. Wet Prairie: People, Land and Water in Agricultural Manitoba (UBC Press, 2011) 264pp.
Stunden Bower, Shannon. “Natural and unnatural complexities: flood control along Manitoba’s Assiniboine River,” Journal of Historical Geography vol. 36, no.1 (January 2010): 57-67.
Stunden Bower, Shannon. “Watersheds: Conceptualizing Manitoba’s Drained Landscape,” Environmental History vol. 12, no. 4 (October 2007): 796-819.