Company of Master Mariners Foundation
The “Foundation” was created in 2003 as outlined in a Letters Patent incorporating the “Corporation” as registered under the Canada Corporations Act. Through members, Directors, meetings and by-laws, the Foundation’s objectives are as follows:
- to provide funding for award scholarships, fellowships, bursaries and prizes to persons enrolled in approved courses in nautical studies and maritime affaires for professional development at a recognized institution in Canada based upon either or both financial needs of the students and scholastic excellence.
- Provide research grants, bursaries and prizes and promote exchange and dissemination of research findings.
- Develop, fund, administer, promote and carry on activities for the advancement of education relating to marine issues through courses, seminars, conferences, communications, publications and public meetings.
- Receive gifts, bequests, trusts, funds and property and beneficially, or as a trustee or agent, to hold, invest, develop, manage, accumulate and administer funds and property for the purpose of disbursing funds and property exclusively to registered charities and “qualified donees”
- conduct any and all activities and exercise any and all suck powers as are necessary for the achievement and furtherance of the purposes of the Corporation.
Incorporating “funds” from 1979 with a $5000.00 bequest in the Will of Mrs. Jean Baugh, the first secretary of the Company of Master Mariners of Canada, and the widow of Captain G.O.Baugh, who was one of the founding members, and a past National Master, over the years, the Foundation has grown to its current status.
Additional “funds” were received from the Capt. John and Ann Storey bequest from the Great Lakes Region, and newer financial generous support in memory of Captain Angus MacDonald and Capt. Rick Gates families have added to the Foundation’s strength and financial stability.
Further, the Foundation has been set up as a trust fund, registered with Revenue Canada, and is listed as a charity for income tax purposes. This allows the “Fund” to issue receipts which can be used for income tax deductions.
Although the “Foundation” was set up by the “Company of Master Mariners”, it is administered by Trustees of the “Foundation” and not by the executive of the “Company of Master Mariners” thus providing further oversight and management.
Donations are most welcome from any person or persons, and are solicited from members of the “Company of Master Mariners” quite regularly. All persons who are interested in furthering the objectives of the “Foundation” are asked to make contributions through the Chair of the Foundation. Please contact Captain John Greenway at greenway@greenwaymarine.ca or any of the Company of Master Mariners Divisions for further information.
Foundation Application for Scholarship Support
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.
Foundation Scholarship Fund Awards 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.
RECENT FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2023
- Caue Longhi, BCIT
- Cora Kehoe, NSCC
2021
- Ashley Obeck, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Jacob Trahan, Institut Maritime du Québec
2020
- Kyle Clare, Marine Campus, BCIT
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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
2016
- Claude Beaudoin, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
- Sandra Lebon, Marine Campus, BCIT
- Theodore Roche, NSCC Port Hawkesbury
2015
Laurier Boudreau, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Sarah Bidner, Marine Campus, BCIT
Rhianna Henderson, Marine Campus, BCIT
2014
Matthew Henri, NSCC, Port Hawkesbury
Tim Westmoreland, Georgian College
2013
Phoebe Gilday, Marine Campus, BCIT
Jordi Rickaby, Marine Campus, BCIT
2012
Jason Davenport, Georgian College, Great Lakes
Gabriel Nault, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
2011
Julie Lamoureux, Institut Maritime du Québec
Tavis Storey, Marine Campus, BCIT
2010
James Bone, Marine Campus, BCIT
Melanie Wynter, Nautical Institute, Port Hawkesbury
2009
Jane Woo, Marine Campus BCIT
2008
Sarah Needham, Georgian College, Great Lakes
2007
David Anderson, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Mathew Taylor, Georgian College, Great Lakes
2006
Marie-Helene Roy, Institut Maritime du Québec
Quin Macey, Marine Campus, BCIT
2005
Oleg Degtyarenko, Marine Campus, BCIT
Francois-Mathieu Dugal, Institut Maritime du Québec
2004
Cheryl Caldwell, Marine Campus, BCIT
Crystal Patten, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
2003
Scott Mouton, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Audrey Tremblay, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
2002
Karren Duff, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Laura Anne Lacroix, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Brook Shipp, Georgian College, Great Lakes
Etienne Boileau, Institute Maritime, Québec
2001
Erika Borgeault, Marine Campus, BCIT
Bruno Boissonneault, Institute Maritime, Québec
Duncan Roberts, Georgian College, Great Lakes
Heather McIntyre, Georgian College
2000
Marie-Eve Lassard, Institut Maritime du Québec
Melissa Tambeau, Institut Maritime du Québec
Texas J. Constantine, Marine Campus, BCIT
1999
J. Peter Adams, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Melanie LeBlanc, Institut Maritime du Québec
Manou Bernard, Institut Maritime du Québec
1998
Karen Halliday
Colleen Kearns
1997
Ernest Dawson
Harvey Vardy
1996
Dexter Eddy, Marine Institute, Newfoundland
Edward Sweeney
1995
Lynn Dawson
Swawn Hill