Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Check out this video to watch the Borders and the Political Theatre of 'Crises'.
This talk will focus on how borders have been used to respond to a variety of 'emergencies' with a particular focus on the Canada — US border in our own backyard.
The World Issues Forum series is free and open to the public. Talks are held at 12:00pm in Fairhaven College Auditorium, on the top floor of the Fairhaven College main building to the rear (east) side. If you enter from the west entrance (halfway between the second and third floor facing parking lot 12A), take the half-flight of stairs to the left and continue to east side of the building from there. You'll see the door to the auditorium a little to your left.
Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
World Issues Forum updates are available online.
Dr. Laurie Trautman
Dr. Laurie Trautman is the Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, where she engages in a range of research activities focused on the U.S. – Canada border, and the ‘Cascadia’ region between Washington State and British Columbia.
Check out this video to watch the Borders and the Political Theatre of 'Crises'.
This talk will focus on how borders have been used to respond to a variety of 'emergencies' with a particular focus on the Canada — US border in our own backyard.
The World Issues Forum series is free and open to the public. Talks are held at 12:00pm in Fairhaven College Auditorium, on the top floor of the Fairhaven College main building to the rear (east) side. If you enter from the west entrance (halfway between the second and third floor facing parking lot 12A), take the half-flight of stairs to the left and continue to east side of the building from there. You'll see the door to the auditorium a little to your left.
Join us at WWU or online on Zoom!
World Issues Forum updates are available online.
Dr. Laurie Trautman
Dr. Laurie Trautman is the Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, where she engages in a range of research activities focused on the U.S. – Canada border, and the ‘Cascadia’ region between Washington State and British Columbia.
