The project won awards, and benefited from the support of many:

2015

BCRTA Gold Star Award, May 2015: $1000 for ongoing intergenerational learning in schools. Find the more details here.

SFU Blue Water Competition May 2015: Bailey Garden (project RA) won 2nd prize in the SFU Blue Competition. Her video on the working waterfront played at an SFU event on June 24th, and on 25th June at the Canadian Water Summit.

2012

Simon Fraser University:  $10,000 seed funding award.

Simon Fraser University: Six Undergraduate Semester in Research Awards for 3 students.

The project received significant in-kind support from:

City of New Westminster: GIS and business license data

Port Metro Vancouver: donation of photographs for museum exhibit

Royal BC Museum: artifact loans for museum exhibit

Labour Heritage Centre: venue and refreshments

SFU Labour Studies: venue and refreshments

ILWU Canada: cost of video-recording Vrana talk

River Market: hosted project launch, meetings space during waterfront tours and events

Century House: hosted oral history workshop

Fraser River Discovery Centre: hosted public lectures, and video screening of student work

Douglas College: hosted public lecture

The (Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront Project gratefully acknowledges the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for its funding.