2022 Manitoba Navy League Division Award Recipient

Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin
25 RCSCC Crusader

Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin will be attending the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Science this Fall studying Astronomy and Physics with a double minor in Computer Science and Geological Science. Her long-term goal is to receive a PhD in Astrophysics under the Canadian Space Agency or become a professor hoping to one day to participate in projects that will be influential in making human history.

She enrolled in Cadets at 14 and has been a strong participant in her Corps and Corps extracurricular opportunities, such as Volunteering and Seamanship Club, receiving the Award of Merit in her first year. She attended a Basic Sail Course at HMCS Quadra Cadet Training Centre receiving her CANSail 1 and 2 and followed by her Personal Craft Operator Card, Standard First Aid Qualification, CPR and AED training. She was a member of the Squadron Guard Division and in 2020 was recognized as the Best Junior Cadet. She has been appointed a Gunner, the Communications PO and Regulating PO. She was the Master of Ceremonies for the Squadron’s 69th Annual Review where she received the Cadet of the Year Award and the Royal Canadian Legion Medal of Excellence.

In her school she was a Peer Mentor with the Peer Tutoring Programme teaching pre-calculus mathematics and sciences. She also helped some students improve their English language skills. She was the Media Executive director for her school’s diversity club and was in a GREEN Club where one of their biggest achievements was cleaning the school indoor garden that had been abandoned.

She has received the Bronze Level Duke of Edinburgh Award and is working towards her Silver. She participated in Cross Country, placing first in the Junior Varsity Girls Category, as well as Track and Field. She has also played tennis competitively and during COVID has kept herself fit by exercising multiple times a week and hopes to join her university running club.


Mr. Jim Bruce, Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin and
BGen Jamie Speiser-Blanchet

Mr. Len Isleifson and Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin

Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin and family

Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin

Cadet CPO2 Arina Tseragotin and family

2022 Scholarship Recipients with BGen Jamie Speiser-Blanchet

2022 Scholarship Recipients with Mr. Len Isleifson

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