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.

Transborder Emergency Preparedness Grant

The Transborder Disaster Management Group receives a CAD$ 12,000 (approximately US$ 11,790) research grant under the North American Research Linkages Program. Funding opportunities are available for students interested in transboundary crsisi management and emergency preparedness research.

Dr. Levy is the grant PI. He serves as an Assistant professor of Disaster Reducation and Emergency Preparedness at Western Washington University in affiliation with the Insitute for Global and Community Resilience. Dr. Gal-Or, Director,
Institute for Transborder Studies is a co-applicant and principal partner for the Canadian part of the research. She has worked extensively on developing academic and professional relationships in Canadian-US-Mexican borderlands.

To achieve a strengthened North American partnership, the funded proposal encourages trilateral disaster management cooperation through increased institutional and research partnerships and mobility. Greater cooperation and dialogue between the United States, Mexico and Canada, particularly at the academic level, enhances the economic and social benefits that accrue from disaster management investments, and contributes to enhanced disaster response capabilities across our borders.