Shannon Stunden Bower, PhD - Directory@UAlberta.ca

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - History, Classics, & Religion Dept

Email: stundenb@ualberta.ca
Address: 2-76 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H4

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Environmental History Agricultural History Water Management Prairie West Northern Great Plains Canadian History

About

I am an environmental historian of Canada. My research focuses on the Prairies/northern Great Plains, and addresses questions related to water management (with particular concern for the extremes of flood or drought) and government institutions (whether at national, provincial, or local scales).

Research

Currently, I'm researching post-1945 irrigation in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Teaching

I'm pleased to work with students interested in Canadian and environmental history, especially on topics pertaining to the prairie west.

Courses

HIST 260 - Pre-Confederation Canada

Winter Term 2024 Winter Term 2025

HIST 261 - Post-Confederation Canada

Winter Term 2025

HIST 377 - Canada Since 1945

Economic, political, social and cultural developments in the postwar era.

Winter Term 2024

HIST 460 - Topics in Canadian History

Prerequisite: 3 units in HIST at the 300-level or consent of Department.

Fall Term 2024

HIST 660 - Topics in Canadian History

Fall Term 2024

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Scholarly Activities

Research - Climate and Change website

Climate and Change is a website I curated with historians George Colpitts (University of Calgary) and Bill Waiser (University of Saskatchewan). The goal was to connect textbook-like interpretation of 1930s drought (a key topic in Canadian environmental history) with the affordances of the world wide web, creating a more engaging experience for students and other interested parties. Check out the primary sources -- both oral and film -- that working digitally allowed us to include!

Climate and Change