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To celebrate her promotion to Full Professor, please join us for a lecture by Shannon Stunden Bower (Department of History, Classics, and Religion) on Friday, September 26 from 3-4:30 p.m. in Tory 2-58.

"Agricultural Transformations, Environmental Inequality, and Canada’s Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration"

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, a Canadian federal agency active between 1935 and 2009, is commonly cited as an example of effective environmental management. Based on careful historical study, this presentation will argue for a more nuanced assessment that accommodates the agency’s role in producing varied environmental outcomes and consolidating racism and colonialism.