NPESC

NPESC is pleased to announce the creation of the Nautical Professional Education Society of Canada (NPESC) Legacy Fund with the Vancouver Foundation.

The purpose of this fund is to provide income (through interest) that will provide education bursaries and/or scholarships that will be made to maritime students within Canada in the name of those NPESC members who have crossed the bar and are no longer with us.

If you would like further information regarding this fund and/or would like to make a donation to the fund please CLICK HERE.

We are very pleased to announce the successful applicants for this Spring’s NPESC Bursary awards which, for the very first time, includes the winner of The Brian Silvester Maritime Bursary Award.

As always, the competition for these bursaries was extremely good and the selection committee has a difficult task in choosing the eventual winners from this group of applicants.

Those applicants that were successful were (in no particular order): –

Axel Noringseth – A third year Nautical Sciences Cadet at BCIT

Gurkirat Mangat – A second year Nautical Sciences Cadet at BCIT

Landon Wilson – A second year Marine Engineering Cadet at BCIT

and, the winner of The Brian Silvester Maritime Bursary Award for 2021 is:-

Jacqueline Weston – A Camosun College student pursuing het 60T limited Masters Ticket

We thank all of our applicants for this year’s Spring Bursary awards and wish them all the very best in their careers at sea. We look forward to hearing from our winners, in due course, about what they have been up to and how their awards have helped make their dreams become a reality.

The May 2021 edition of our newsletter is available now. Yet another great newsletter made possible by the efforts of our very own Captain David Whitaker, FNI. If, like many others, you enjoy reading this publication, please think about making a donation to our society by clicking here.

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Captain John Lewis had the pleasure of attending at WMI in Ladysmith to present an NPESC book award to student Aaron Marsden.

Aaron has just completed SCS 3 and did Chartwork 2 before Christmas 2020. He is working on his 150 ton Master’s certificate but only able to take couple of courses at a time due to how COVID is affecting the marine education system right now.

Spring has finally arrived and we are pleased to be able to accept applications for our 2021 Spring Bursary Awards. These awards are open to Nautical Science and Engineering Cadets returning for their second or later school terms as well as other maritime students who meet the minimum enrolment conditions.

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NPESC director Vivienne Siddall was pleased to attend at Camosun college earlier this week to present a book award to student Nigel Mark. In addition to our bursary awards, NPESC also makes book awards to students

Vivienne also took the opportunity to speak to several other students who were in attendance to let them know about NPESC and it’s aims.

The February 2021 edition of our quarterly publication “Seatimes” is now available and jam packed full of Covid busting articles that will put you in the right frame of mind to deal with the ongoing, worldwide pandemic. CLICK HERE to get yourself back in the groove.

BCIT Nautical Sciences student, Kyle Clare receives his NPESC Fall Bursary award.

Camosun College student Jennifer Hines, who was enrolled in the bridge watch rating program, receives her NPESC bursary award from NPESC director Captain Ivan Oxford.