Applications are now being accepted for our 2025 educational bursaries.
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2025 Bursaries
Author: Richard Smith
Imagine Marine
Dear Friends and Partners,
With 2024 coming to a close, the CMCF would like to express its thanks for your support throughout the year. As we look back on the marine sector’s achievements this past year, we’re grateful for the many contributions made towards our shared mission to build a diverse, inclusive and future-ready workforce. In January, we’ll be sharing our annual results of our projects and activities, along with our plans for next year. We look forward to the opportunities to come in the New Year!
Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or your own unique traditions, we wish you all a very happy holiday season.
Best wishes,
The Canadian Marine Careers Foundation team
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Bursary Awards Presented at BCIT Marine Campus
Captains, Stan Bowles, Ed Monteiro and Richard Smith were all on hand at an awards ceremenoy held at the BCIT Marine Campus in North Vancouver to make presentations to cadets on behalf of the NPESC. The awards and cheques were presented as follows: –
NPESC Fall Bursary Awards 2024
Nautical Sciences Cadet Harmanpreet Sandhu
Nautical Sciences Cadet Michaela Berger
BCIT/NPESC First Year Achievement Awards 2024
Nautical Sciences Cadet Jackson Marriott
Engineeriing Cadet Logan Murray
NPESC Book Awards 2024
Nautical Sciences Cadet Benjamin Hone
Engineering Cadet Logan Murray
Seatimes is here…
We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Fall Bursary Applications Closed
Applications for the Fall Bursary Awards are now closed.
The selection committee will meet in the next few days to choose winners. Stay tuned for further information.
2023 Fall Bursary Awards Presented at BCIT
Captain Joachim Ruether from NPESC presents BCIT Marine Campus cadets Jeremy Burrage and Jason Agnew with their Bursary Award Certificates. Congratulations to them and all other successful applicants for our Fall Bursary Awards. Stay tuned for news about our upcoming Spring 2024 awards…
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The latest edition of SEATIMES is now available and it’s jam-packed.
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Brian Johnston FNI 1931-2023
It is with great sorrow and sadness that we report the passing of a founding member and a long-time supporter of the Nautical Professional Society of Canada (NPESC).
Brian went to sea at the age of 16 as a Cadet with “Eagle Oil” and remained with that company until he had obtained his Foreign Going Masters Certificate of Competency. In 1959 he left the sea and moved to Canada, working his way on a ship bound for ports in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In his search for work he took a job as a steeplejack but ships and the sea were what he knew and soon found a position on a Canadian Coastguard vessel based in Prince Rupert that led him to the Ship Safety Division of Transport Canada in Vancouver.
Brian was a warm, kind and humble man with an extensive knowledge of cargo ops and was known as the ‘go-to-person’ in Transport Canada, Ship Safety. He was well known throughout the marine Industry and avid supporter (Past Chairman and Fellow) of the Nautical Institute BC Branch. He will be sadly missed.
Capt. Brian Silvester Memorial Maritime Bursary
We have the pleasure to inform you that we have awarded the 3rd Annual Bursary to Mr Rodney Amos of Victoria.
He recently finished his courses Ship Construction and Stability for his Masters Near Coastal Certification at Camosun College.
He was most convincing in his application for this Bursary and we acknowledge Camosun College for the superb work that they deliver for sailors like Rodney.
We know that Capt. Brian would be proud of the work being done in his name.