Publications

The BPRI publishes four categories of documents, accessible via the links shown above. In general, the BPRI intends that its publications be widely and freely distributed within the policy community. Unless otherwise noted for a specific document, any publication may be duplicated and distributed in its entirety.

Most Recent Publications

• October 2009, Border Policy Brief Vol. 4, No. 4. Download
  "Issues with Efficacy of FAST at the Cascade Gateway"


• July 2009, Master's Thesis of James Faucett. Download
  "U.S. and Canadian Citizens' Perceptions of Border Security: The Influence of Emotional Reactions"


• July 2009, Border Policy Brief Vol. 4, No. 3. Download
  "Additional Powers of Search and Seizure at and Near the Border"


• June 2009, Research Report No. 7. Download
  "Trans-Boundary Metals Pollution in the Okanagan Regions of British Columbia and Washington State: An Assessment of Metal Toxicity and Speciation in the Columbia River," by Ruth M. Sofield, Ph.D., & Catherine P. Bollinger, M.S.


• April 2009, Border Policy Brief Vol. 4, No. 2. Download
  "The Year-over-Year Decline in Southbound Freight at the Canada-US Border"


• February 2009, Border Policy Brief Vol. 4, No. 1. Download
  "Special Report: Trade & Travel Patterns at the Canada-US Border: Policy Implications"


• February 2009, Special publication. Download
  "Border Barometer," a pilot project of the BPRI and the University at Buffalo Regional Institute


• January 2009, Working Paper No. 3. Download
  "Streamlining of NAFTA Tariffs: Benefits for Washington State," by Paul Storer, Ph.D., & Aaron Hayman


• January 2009, Working Paper No. 4. Download
  "Not our borders: Indigenous people and the struggle to maintain shared lives and cultures in post-9/11 North America," by Sara Singleton, Ph.D.