Over the course of the RNWW research, we employed a group of committed and talented student as research assistants to collect and analyze data. The undergraduate student research assistants were Nick Byrne, Kevin Caslor, Rose Dyer, Bailey Garden, Andreas Qvale Hovland, Michelle La, and Mark MacKenzie. Graduate student research assistants included Annika Airas, Claire Carolan, Sue Dyer, Ali Farahani, Kristianne Hendricks, Catheryn McPhee, Richard Minardi, Liam O'Flaherty, Omer Rashman, Leigha Smith, Elisa Vandenborn, and Andrea Walliser. Kate Petrusa, a young museum professional, was employed to develop our museum exhibit.

Students completed theses based on their research with the (Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront:

· Annika Airas - Historical distinctiveness in the changing built environment: Redevelopment of former woodworking waterfronts, PhD University of Helsinki (2016).

· Sue Dyer - SFU Master of Education.

· Michelle La - The Effects of Automation, Mechanization, and Professionalism on fostering comaraderie within ILWU Local 502, from the 1960s to Present, SFU Sociology and Anthropology, Undergraduate Honours Essay (2014).  

· Omer Rashman - The commercial strip by the river: A study of New Westminster's urban waterfront, SFU Urban Studies, MUrb Thesis (2016).