TORONTO, - Blake Goldring, Chairman of Canada Company and Chairman and CEO, AGF Management Limited, along with the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance and Chief of Military Personnel, Rear-Admiral Andrew Smith, OMM, CD, today presented scholarships to seven children of fallen Canadian Forces personnel.
The Canada Company Scholarship programme was created in 2007 to provide supplementary funding for post secondary education to children of parents who have died while on active mission. Thanks to the generous support of many prominent individuals and corporations from across Canada, the Fund has grown to $2.1 million. Each recipient is eligible to receive $4,000 per year for up to four years. Including those presented today, Canada Company has awarded 28 individual scholarships.
