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2026 WMCC Nautical Training Awards

We are accepting applications now…

Applications are invited from qualified students for the 2026 WMCC – Western Marine Community Coalition Nautical Training Awards.

There will be four C$2,000 awards to applicants enrolled in nautical training courses at an institution approved by Transport Canada and registered with the British Columbia government.

A copy of the Application form may be obtained by CLICKING HERE.

A copy of the Budget Worksheet may be obtained by CLICKING HERE

Completed applications should be mailed or emailed to the following address/email address: –

The Nautical Professional Education Society of Canada (NPESC)

c/o Captain Stan Bowles FNI IIMS 

Semaphore House, 992 Hartford Place,

North Vancouver, B.C., V7H 2J7

Email: bowtech@telus.net

If you wish, you may complete your application on-line by CLICKING HERE

Please note that the deadline for applications is:  March 31st 2026

VTF Award Presentation

On Friday January 16th we were pleased to present BCIT Engineering Cadet Dillon Plouffe with is scholarship cheque on behalf of the Vancouver Transporation Foundation (VTF).

Dillon receives his award from Captain Stan Bowles (NPESC Chair) as Captain Richard Smith (NPESC secretary/treasurer) looks on.

The VTF was formed in 1994 as a British Columbia non-profit society.

Part of their mandate is to provide scholarships and bursaries for the benefit of students in pursuit of post-secondary education, with emphasis upon areas of studies relative to transportation.

A Very Merry Christmas!

From all of us here at NPESC

We wish everyone a very Merry, Peaceful and Happy Christmas and a prosperous. New Year.

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers and donors for your efforts in 2025. Your support has truly helped us in our work to provide financial asistance to maritime students in furthering their education. We look forward to another great year in 2026!

ISSC Bursary Awards 2025

On behalf of the International Sailors’ Society of Canada, we are pleased to announce the succesfull recipients of their 2025 Sue Hanby Maritime Education Bursaries.

William Lea-Smith and Sebastian Slack.

William is a Nautical Sciences cadet currently in his first sea phase and will be going into his second year at BCIT Marine Campus for the Nautical Sciences Cadet Program come November, He is very passionate about the career path that he has chosen and will be attending this program until he graduates in 2027. His current plan is to return to school for an additional year to advance his education and turn his Advanced Diploma into a Degree.

Sebastian is also attending BCIT Marine Campus and is enrolled in the Marine Engineering Diploma program. Having worked as an Engine Room Apprentice with BC Ferries for several years Sebastian has made the difficult decision to leave his watch and regular paying position to pursue path that would allow him to progress his career quicker and in a structured classroom setting within the BCIT Marine Engineering Cadet program.

His immediate goal is to graduate the program with a fourth-class motor ticket and eventually work at sea as an exemplary fourth engineer set on the right path to Chief Engineer.

We wish William and Sebastian all the very best in their efforts to achieve these worthy goals and are pleased to have been able to provide some financial assistance to them.

We encourage all students enrolled in marine related studies to keep checking the ISSC web site for news regarding our bursary awards for 2026.

VTF Bursaries for 2025

NPESC is pleased to announce that, on behalf of the Vancouver Transportation Foundation (VTF), the following BCIT Marine Campus Students were awarded educational bursaries for 2025

  • Tyus Barfoot
  • Bhupinder Dhesi
  • Marisa Price
  • Kayley McEachern
  • Shifani Hans
  • Seth Cutter Stovicek
  • Dhruva Maru
  • William Lea-Smith
  • Joseph Wang
  • Dillon Plouffe
  • Jihwan Seong

Congratulations to all recipients. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

Master Mariners Technical Dinner

TICKETS ARE GOING FAST…BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

17th of September 2025 at 17:00 hours

H.M.C.S. Discovery Stanley Park – No Host Bar opens at 17:00 with dinner and speaker to follow.

Speaker: Robert G. Allan, P.Eng. FEC, FRINA, FSNAME

Subject: Naval Architecture:

Robert Allan Ltd. is Canada’s oldest privately owned consulting Naval Architectural firm, established in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1930. Their experience includes designs for vessels of almost all types, from small fishing boats to ocean-going ferries. The firm is best known for its work in the fields of tug and bargetransportation, ship-assist and escort tugs, fast patrol craft, fireboats and shallow-draft vessels. They provide professional marine consulting and design services to a worldwide client base.

Cost: $50.00 per person.

Please R.S.V.P. by the noon on 15th of September 2025:

By voice or text to below:

Capt. Wade Bauck at 604 649 3463 wadebauck@yahoo.ca

Capt. Don Rose at 604312 4074 captdonrose@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you