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Children of Fallen Military Personnel to Receive Canada Company Scholarships/

Honorable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance to Attend Ceremony Aboard HMCS Montréal

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2011 /CNW/ - Children of Canadian military personnel who died while serving their country will receive post-secondary education scholarships from Canada Company at the fourth annual awards ceremony commencing at 11:00 a.m. aboard HMCS Montréal in Toronto on Friday, September 2, 2011.

The Canada Company Scholarship Fund (CCSF) was created in 2007 to supplement benefits available to children who have had a parent die while on an active mission. Awarded annually, the scholarships provide $4,000 per year for up to four years to children who qualify. These scholarships help to offset tuition fees and other living expenses required to complete a post-secondary education.
Event: Canada Company Scholarship Awards aboard the HMCS Montréal
What: Seven students to be presented with Canada Company scholarships
(Three in absentia)
Who:


The Honorable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
Blake Goldring, MSM, CFA, Chairman of Canada Company and Chairman and CEO of AGF Management Limited
Senior leaders from all branches of our Canadian Forces
Seven Scholarship recipients and their families
Date and Time: Friday, September 2, 2011
Media Access to Site: 10:30 a.m.
Awards Presentation/Press Conference: 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Interviews with Recipients/Presenters: 11:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Aboard HMCS Montreal, Berth 272, Queen's Quay, Toronto (Foot of Yonge Street)

Attention Story Editors: Recipients will include representation from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.

Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve, is an apolitical organization created in 2006 to bring community leaders across Canada together to support Canada's military and their families in the work they do at home and abroad.

For further information:

Karen Archer
Manager, Public Relations & Public Affairs
Tel: 416-865-4295
Email: karen.archer@agf.com

Amanda Marchment
Manager, Public Relations & Public Affairs
Tel: 416-865-4160