Levy presents at the Border Regions in Transition Conference (Jan, 2008)

Western Washington University and the University of Victoria co-hosted the ninth international Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference (Jan. 12-15).

Jason Levy co-presented two papers at this four day conference, a collaborative transboundary effort by Western’s Border Policy Research Institute and the University of Victoria School of Public Administration. The conference focused on North American and European border regions. Key topics included implications of post 9-11 security measures on borders and border regions, borderland culture, economic transactions, transportation systems and transborder governance arrangements around the world, with particular emphasis on Canada-United States boundary and marine security issues after 9-11.

Levy receives Cross-border Disaster Grant

Dr. Levy receives $17,917 from the Border Policy Research Institute to develop improved procedures for transboundary emergency management in the Cascadia border region. Dr. Levy is the Director of the Transborder Disaster Management Group and an Assistant Professor of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Preparedness at Western Washington University in affiliation with the Institute for Global and Community Resilience.