Nautical Professional Education Society of Canada
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
Congratulations to all recipients. We wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
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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
BCIT Nautical Science Cadets, Tyus Barfoot and Bhupinder Singh Dhesi were both recipients of their 2025 Bursary Certificates from Captain Joachim Ruether (NPESC – secretary)
The NPESC is pleased to announce that under the direction of the Vancouver Transportation Foundation (VTF) they are administering the award of a Marine Transportaion scholarship to a succesful applicant from the BCIT Marine Trainning Campus. Full details regarding this award can be found by CLICKING HERE.
Sixteen students applied for this year’s Spring Bursaries.
Five Bursaries were awarded & the recipients are: –
Bryan Bowles – Camosun College (Captain Brian Silvester Award)
Tyus Barfoot – BCIT Nautical Science
Bhupinder Dhesi – BCIT Nautical Science
Ritika Sabharwal – BCIT Nautical Science
Jennifer Reyes – Western Maritime Institute
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Sue Hanby Maritime Bursaries which are to provide financial assistance to those enrolled in marine related courses at schools within Canada and looking to make a career at sea.
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