Canadian Food History: Calling All Women

Description

Join Kelsey Lonie on a Canadian Food History program. Discover how Prairie women met the farm labor shortages in British Columbia during WWII.

Additional Information

This program is conducted through Zoom.  Register to receive a reminder, the evaluation, and any other resources.

Click the link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81309775826 

Dates: Canadian Food History runs on April 5th and May 24th from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM. We encourage you to join us in both sessions.

Canadian Food History: Ethiopian Famine, April 5, 2023
Canadian Food History: Calling All Women, May 24, 2023

During the Second World War, thousands of women stepped into roles previously held by men. While you may be familiar with “Rosie the Riveter,” the iconic symbol of women factory workers across the nation, less is known about the women who rolled up their sleeves and contributed to Canada’s food production.

Between 1943-1946, hundreds of women from Saskatchewan traveled by train to British Columbia under a Government wartime program. They lived together in camps and hostels during the summer months, working on fruit and berry farms where extreme labor shortages existed.
Using newspaper articles, archival research, oral history, and letters, Kelsey will share her research on the history of this program and highlight one of the many ways that women from Saskatchewan contributed to the Second World War.

Presenter Information:  Kelsey Lonie is conducting thesis research in the History Department at the University of Regina.  Kelsey is also a classroom teacher and has always been passionate about the intersection of history and education.  Kelsey interest in wartime agricultural history was instilled in her from a young age.  She was raised on a cattle ranch in Southern Saskatchewan, and living in a rural community gave her a distinctive appreciation for the prairie province’s rich agrarian history and the stories of its citizens.  Kelsey loves to write both fiction and non-fiction, and she is currently working on her first novel. 

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