Part of the Grow@ the Homestead Rural Niagara Speaker Series generously supported by United Way Golden Horseshoe.

Japanese Canadian Farm Labourers with Stephanie Bangarth

Historian Stephanie Bangarth offers a lens into the challenging history of the forced farm labour of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War in southern Ontario. The Brown Homestead will open the evening with a brief consideration of the Japanese Canadian farm labour experience in Niagara.

Stephanie Bangarth is a Professor of History at King’s University College at Western University.

Thursday, September 17 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for tours of the Homestead.