Shannon Bower, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest papers

Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm. Murray Knuttila.
Canadian Historical Review · 2024 · first author
Women’s Garden Work, Agricultural Rehabilitation, and Gendered Knowledge from Below on the Canadian Prairies, 1930–46
Canadian Historical Review · 2024 · first author
Notes from the Icehouse in Global Environment Volume 14, Number 3: Coastal Cities
Global Environment · 2021 · first author

All 20 publications

20 publications.

01

Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm. Murray Knuttila.

Shannon Stunden Bower

Canadian Historical Review2024First author

DOI: 10.3138/chr.105.2.br5

02

Women’s Garden Work, Agricultural Rehabilitation, and Gendered Knowledge from Below on the Canadian Prairies, 1930–46

Shannon Stunden Bower

Canadian Historical Review2024First author

DOI: 10.3138/chr-2023-0014

03

Notes from the Icehouse in Global Environment Volume 14, Number 3: Coastal Cities

Shannon Stunden Bower

Global Environment2021First author

DOI: 10.3828/whp.ge.63825287564638

04

Will Langford, The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada: Development Programs and Democracy, 1964-1979 (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press 2020)

Shannon Stunden Bower

Labour / Le Travail2021First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.52975/llt.2021v88.0016

05

Tools for Rational Development: The Canada Land Inventory and the Canada Geographic Information System in Mid-twentieth century Canada

Shannon Stunden Bower

Scientia Canadensis Canadian Journal of the History of Science Technology and Medicine20184 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.7202/1048925ar

06

This Colossal Project: Building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913–1932 by Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor

Shannon Stunden Bower

University of Toronto Quarterly2018First author

DOI: 10.3138/utq.87.3.123

07

The Affordances of MacKinnon Ravine: Fighting Freeways and Pursuing Government Reform in Edmonton, Alberta

Shannon Stunden Bower

Urban History Review20163 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.7202/1037237ar

08

The Affordances of MacKinnon Ravine: Fighting Freeways and Pursuing Government Reform in Edmonton, Alberta

Shannon Stunden Bower

Urban History Review2016First author

DOI: 10.3138/uhr.44.1-2.06

09

Historical GIS Research in Canada

Shannon Stunden Bower

Ecological Restoration20151 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.3368/er.33.4.427

10

Escarpments, Agriculture, and the Historical Experience of Certainty in Manitoba and Ontario

Shannon Stunden Bower, Sean W. Gouglas

2015First author

DOI: 10.51644/9781554589241-014

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History, Classics, & Religion Dept
Environmental History

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Shannon Stunden Bower

Environmental History

20 shared papers, latest 2024

Sean Gouglas

History, Classics, & Religion Dept

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bower, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm. Murray Knuttila." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]