Reclaiming the New Westminster Waterfront Peter Hall, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, B.C. This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Outline • Port-cities and the problem of waterfront work • New Westminster • Reclaiming work on the waterfront Vancouver ports’ 20 year container growth 3,000,000 10.0% 9.0% 2,500,000 8.0% 7.0% 2,000,000 6.0% 1,500,000 5.0% 4.0% 1,000,000 3.0% 2.0% 500,000 1.0% - 0.0% Vancouver Total TEU Vancouver share Linear (Vancouver share) Port-logistics employment in Metro Vancouver declined slightly and changed a lot between 1991 and 2006 1991 2006 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Rail Water Truck Warehouse FTA New Westminster portion of Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada Reclaiming the New Westminster Waterfront PDG Structure: Current and Potential Future Partners/Contributors Unions: PARTNER: CMSG New Westminster PARTNER: ILWU Local 502 United Steel Museum and Teamsters Archives CUPE UFCW New Westminster: Labour NWDLC - Public Library PARTNER: - Planning Division ILWU Pensioners - Youth Committee Municipal Organization Waterfront Employers: Fraser-Surrey Docks Steering Pacific Rim Stevedoring Committee Paddlewheeler River Tours COLLABORATORS: Valley Towing 5 International and Community Sea Link Marine Services Ad hoc Community Canadian Academics Fraser Shipyard & IC Involvement Group Southern Railway of B.C. Fraser River Pile & Dredge Academic MV. Edgewater Fortune Port Metro Vancouver COLLABORATORS: NW community APPLICANT, 3 CO-APPLICANTS: Schools members SFU Urban Studies, History & Education COLLABORATOR: COLLABORATOR: NW Secondary NW Home Learners Community: School Program Residents’ Associations Other: Chamber of Commerce Fraser River Discovery Center Hyack Festival Association Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Columbia Institute and Columbia Foundation New Westminster School District Real Estate Foundation of BC Activities • Year 1 (2012-13): • Website • Mapping the working waterfront • Oral history training and initial collection • Pilot projects in schools • Year 2 (2013-14): • Documenting local perspectives • Oral history collection and analysis • Curriculum development and testing • Public lectures by Canadian and International academics • Year 3 (2014-15): • Archiving • Museum exhibit and programming • Workshop, planning for future http://www.sfu.ca/waterfront.html Thank you! This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. .