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Seatimes December 2020 Issue is now available
VMAA Luncheon Series
Register now and don’t miss your chance to attend the Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association online seminar on December 10th.
The speaker will be Mr. Justice Christopher Giaschi of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. His topic will be The scope of `Navigation and Shipping`, in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Transport Desgagnés (Wärtsilä) case.
Date: Thursday December 10, 2020
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 PST
Location: WebEx
Fee: $25 for members; $45 for non-members
To register, please email secretary@vmaa.org.
Please note: the webinar has already been certified for one hour of CPD credit by the Law Society of British Columbia, for participating B.C. lawyers.
Captain Brian Silvester Maritime Education Bursary Fund
We are pleased to announce that we can now accept on-line payments for donations to the Captain Brian Silvester Maritime Education Bursary Fund that has been set up to commemorate and honour Brian’s contribution to the education of Canadian Mariners. Full details of the scholarship / bursary will follow in due course.
Click here for details on how to make a donation.
BCIT Foundation Bursary Recipient…
Congratulations to BCIT Nautical Sciences Cadet Mark Orehov on being chosen as the recipient of the BCIT Foundation First Year Achievement Award for 2020. Monies for this award are made up from interest generated by the BCIT Foundation as well as from donations made to the NPESC.
The presentation of our cheque and certificate were made to Mark by our secretary/treasurer Captain Joachim Ruether (on the left) while following Covid-19 protocols.
“In silent sorrow we drop our salted tears”…RIP Captain Brian Silvester
It is with great sorrow and sadness that we report the passing of a founding member and long time supporter of the NPESC and its aims. We learned earlier today that Captain Brian Silvester had passed away last Friday, November 6th, after a long and brave battle with cancer. Captain Silvester was a strong advocate for providing both financial and active support to those who were pursuing or advancing a career at sea and maintained a strong connection with our organisation right up to the time of his passing whether it was taking part in directors’ meetings, vetting student applications for bursaries and other awards, or to attend at colleges to make presentations, in person, to students.
To honor Captain Silvester’s efforts to help further the education of Canadian Mariners we would like to announce that a bursary, in his name, will be created by the NPESC. Further details regarding this bursary will follow in due course. In the meantime, if you would like to make a donation to such an award then CLICK HERE for more details
Fall Bursaries
Applications are invited from qualified returning students for the 2020 NPESC Fall and Winter bursaries. CLICK HERE for more details.
The Sea
“The Sea” is a quarterly publication put out by The Mission to Seafarers. You can read a copy of the Fall 2020 edition by CLICKING HERE.
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Seatimes 25th anniversary edition
The July edition of our newsletter “Seatimes” is now available. It is our 25th anniversary edition and, as always packed with interesting articles. As a bonus, this special edition also includes a copy of our very first Seatimes newsletter from 25 years ago.
May “Seatimes” is now available…
The May edition of “Seatimes” is now available to download and read.
As always this provides a great read and is packed with interesting articles including “The ship that ran backwards”…
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