BCRPA's DB Perks and Associates Graduating Student Scholarship Award
The purpose of this scholarship award is to recognize and support BC post-secondary students who have excelled in their program, and who have shown a commitment to leadership that will help advance recreation and parks being embraced as essential to the quality of life of every British Columbian (BCRPA’s vision).
BCRPA Scholarship Recipients are celebrated widely by BCRPA – during Symposium, on our website, through our social media platforms, and in member communications that reach over 5,400 of BC’s recreation and parks professionals – providing them with unprecedented exposure and a prestigious accomplishment and recognition to add to their professional profiles.
Eligible recipients are final year students graduating from recreation and parks post-secondary related programs that are BCRPA Affiliate members. Recipients must also be a current BCRPA Student Member. They will have demonstrated strengths in academics, practicums, class participation, and team work.
Scholarship recipients receive a:
- $2,000 scholarship
- Complimentary registration to attend BCRPA’s Annual Symposium
- One-year complimentary BCRPA Individual Independent Membership, following the expiry of their BCRPA Student Membership
Commercial Aquatic Supplies has sponsored this Student Scholarship Award Program since it began in 2001. We thank them for their ongoing generous support.
Learn more about the 2025 BCRPA's DB Perks and Associates Graduating Student Scholarship Award recipients, Coleman Louie and Ethan Stannard.
DB Perks Young Professional Aquatics Award
The DB Perks Young Professional Aquatics Award acknowledges the outstanding achievements of an emerging leader in the early stages of their aquatics career. This new award is given biennially (every 2 years) at BCRPA’s biennial Ripple Effects Aquatics Workshop. This award recognizes young professionals with the traits and skills required to hold a leadership position in aquatics, and who shows promise in continuing to make an impact on the sector.
We thank DB Perks and Associates for their generous support of this award that recognizes the positive contribution young professionals have on aquatics in BC.
Learn more about the 2023 recipient, Wyatt Kupferschmidt.