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A new UWindsor program in border management and international trade is the first of its kind.
A new UWindsor program in border management and international trade is the first of its kind.
A demonstration of security technologies Monday at the provincial legislature will help to establish the UWindsor research reputation in the field.
UWindsor academics will join local business and labour leaders Thursday, May 15, for the Policy and Solutions Forum.
With rapid changes in communications technology, the distinction between the movement across international borders of ‘molecules’ and ‘bits’ is becoming increasingly blurred, according to Bill Anderson.
Connectivity – that’s what matters now, according to Bill Anderson.
“Interconnectedness is the way the world is now,” says Dr. Anderson, chair of the university’s Cross Border Institute. “You don’t have the choice to opt out. Success depends on interconnections, and that goes for individuals, communities and corporations.”
A professor who specializes in cross-border transportation studies traveled to the nation’s capital last week to have the chance to meet with federal politicians and convince them of the importance of his research.
A group chaired by UWindsor professor Bill Anderson has issued a policy paper calling on business, government, academic and civic institutions to establish Windsor-Essex as the “Border Ready Region.”
The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce released a comprehensive Regional Transportation Paper on Wednesday, developed by a committee headed by Dr. Anderson, Ontario Research Chair in Cross-Border Transportation Policy at the University of Windsor.