The Master Mariners of Canada are proud to offer financial support for Navigation Officers training to further their certifications through the Company of Master Mariners Foundation. Scholarships will be awarded as determined by the Foundation in memory of Captain G.O. Baugh, Capt. John and Ann Storey, Capt. Angus MacDonald, and Capt. Rick Gates, and others as determined appropriate by the Directors of the Foundation.
Scholarship Application Requirements
- Applicants must be a Second, Third or Fourth Year Nautical Student or a Navigation Officer planning to attain or upgrade Nautical Certification.
- Requests for Scholarship Applications with guidelines and instructions/forms are distributed to Transport Canada approved marine schools with formal cadet programs for further distribution to their registered and active navigation/nautical cadets.
Application Details
- Required contents of the scholarship application are included in the distributed information to the marine schools for their cadets.
- Application contents include a scholarship application form, proof of current registry in a marine cadet program, transcript(s) of current and past academic marks, letters of reference and recommendation, a budget showing revenue and expenses as a marine cadet, and a letter from the applicant outlining their goals and aspirations for a marine career.
- Submission of applications are to be sent to the Foundation Chair by a specified date and a specified address as provided in the Scholarship Guidelines.A “grading criteria” using objective benchmarks has been developed for grading the scholarship applications. A Scholarship Selection Committee comprised of representatives from CMMC Divisions across Canada undertakes the scholarship application gradings to select the receipient(s) of the Scholarship Award
Note: Scholarships, scholarship requirements, and applicable scholarship amounts will be reviewed and determined on an annual basis by the Directors of the Foundation.
CAPT. G. O BAUGH
Capt. Baugh was a founding member, and a past National Master of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada. His roots and marine career flourished on the West Coast.
His wife, Jean, was the first secretary of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada, and the widow of Captain G.O.Baugh, and through her will, $5000 was funded to the Company of Master Mariners in honour of Capt. Baugh to promote scholarships and marine education support for marine nautical students. This bequest was rolled into the Foundation for future management and distribution to deserving students.
Capt. John Storey
Capt. Storey was a founding member of the Great Lakes Division of the Company of Master Mariners and served in various executive positions over the years.
A Master Mariner, Capt. Storey served his sea time up to command position on ocean and coastal vessels, and in the Great Lakes and Seaway. His passion was training those beneath him and advancing marine careers through knowledge, skills and experience.
After his passing and the passing of his wife Ann, the family generously donated $10,000 for the purposes of scholarships and support of marine education for marine students of Georgian College, Owen Sound.
His bequest was further turned over to the Foundation by the Great Lakes Division of the Company of Master Mariners to support the ongoing objectives of the Foundation in support of marine training and education.
Captain Angus McDonald, FNI
Capt. Rick Gates
Patrick “Rick” Gates, F.N.I., former National President of the Master Mariners of Canada, died in August at the age of 77.
Rick was a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, and National President of the Master Mariners of Canada in 2014-17. He organized, jointly with the Nautical Institute, and Dalhousie University, multiple seminars on subjects as diverse as “Arctic Search and Rescue”, “Places of Refuge for Distressed ships”, “The criminalization of the mariner”, and “Security of Ships, Ports, and Coasts”. These seminars bring together Federal and Provincial government bodies, the Nautical Institute, Classification Societies, the legal community, the Armed Forces, the Canadian Coast Guard, and Port Authorities, to listen to distinguished speakers, and to discuss important marine issues in an atmosphere of collegiality, and open-mindedness. This is Rick’s lasting legacy.
Past Scholarship Winners
Scholarships were first given out in 1981 by the Company of Master Mariners of Canada, and to date, in excess of $100,000 has been awarded to navigation marine students across Canada. Today, the scholarships are under the management of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada Foundation.
2024
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Cole Junghans, BCIT
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Christine Mehain, BCIT
2023
- Caue Longhi, BCIT
- Cora Kehoe, NSCC
- Ashley Obeck, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Jacob Trahan, Institut Maritime du Québec
2020
- Kyle Clare, Marine Campus, BCIT
- André Simões Ré, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
2019
- Yevgeny Belgradov, Georgian College
- Matthew Merrifield, Georgian College
- Dylan Shaver, Marine Campus, BCIT
2018
- Thomas Monsma, Georgian College
- Havill Leitch, Marine Campus, BCIT
2017
- Alexander Brisson, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Stephen Lavigne, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Claude Beaudoin, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Sandra Lebon, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Theodore Roche, NSCC Port Hawkesbury
- Laurier Boudreau, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Sarah Bidner, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Rhianna Henderson, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Matthew Henri, NSCC, Port Hawkesbury
- Tim Westmoreland, Georgian College
- Phoebe Gilday, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Jordi Rickaby, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Jason Davenport, Georgian College, Great Lakes
- Gabriel Nault, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Julie Lamoureux, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Tavis Storey, Marine Campus, BCIT
- James Bone, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Melanie Wynter, Nautical Institute, Port Hawkesbury
2009
- Jane Woo, Marine Campus BCIT
- Sarah Needham, Georgian College, Great Lakes
- David Anderson, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Mathew Taylor, Georgian College, Great Lakes
- Marie-Helene Roy, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Quin Macey, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Oleg Degtyarenko, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Francois-Mathieu Dugal, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Cheryl Caldwell, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Crystal Patten, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Scott Mouton, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Audrey Tremblay, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Karren Duff, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Laura Anne Lacroix, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Brook Shipp, Georgian College, Great Lakes
- Etienne Boileau, Institute Maritime, Québec
- Erika Borgeault, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Bruno Boissonneault, Institute Maritime, Québec
- Duncan Roberts, Georgian College, Great Lakes
- Heather McIntyre, Georgian College
- Marie-Eve Lassard, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Melissa Tambeau, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Texas J. Constantine, Marine Campus, BCIT
- J. Peter Adams, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Melanie LeBlanc, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Manou Bernard, Institut Maritime du Québec
- Karen Halliday
- Colleen Kearns
- Ernest Dawson
- Harvey Vardy
- Dexter Eddy, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Edward Sweeney
- Lynn Dawson
- Swawn Hill
Who we are
Master Mariners of Canda is a national, not-for-profit association representing command-qualified master mariners, like-minded seafarers, industry members, and cadets across the country. Our organization takes official positions on important issues to ensure safety and to protect seafarers’ rights wherever they are working. Our work focuses on three main pillars: building awareness, supporting education and upholding advocacy.
