Eighteen students with parents who served in the Canadian Armed Forces and died were awarded scholarships in a special ceremony held in downtown Toronto.
Canada Company, which focuses on bridging Canadian society and military communities to support families, awarded $5,000 scholarships to further their education.
"He was not actually supposed to go on this mission, someone failed a drug test and he took their place and I never saw him again, but he was always my biggest supporter. My family tells me if he was here today he would be so proud of me." Goldring said while he and his team can't necessarily relate directly to the young people, they are there to show them they are with them and have their backs." was really heartfelt because everyone knows the story of how you got into this club and how you earn the scholarship, and when you look at the people who receive them, you can't help but me inspired by them," said Brigadier-General Tod Strickland, Commandant of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
"It's really inspired me to keep reporting on these issues in school, keep reporting on the refugee crisis, and the military and the mental. It's not the only thing I focus on, but it's always there.
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