Former U of T Scarborough Commerce Student Gives Back Through the New van den Thillart Family Scholarship in Management

The Department of Management is pleased to offer a new in-course scholarship; the van den Thillart Family Scholarship in Management.  The scholarship, generously created by former U of T Scarborough Commerce student, Leo van den Thillart is designed to support first-generation Canadians in the Co-op Management Program.  As an immigrant himself, Thillart saw first hand some of the challenges immigrants face and hopes to ease the experience for others in the same situation.  Thillart recognizes U of T Scarborough for providing him with the fundamentals necessary for a successful career, and hopes to give others the same opportunity by giving back.  "The success of immigrants is the lifeblood of Canada,” he says.

Worth about $1,600, the scholarship will be awarded to an upper-year student in the Co-op Specialist Program in Management or Co-op Specialist Program in Economics and who was born outside of Canada but is currently a Canadian resident or citizen. 

The Department of Management is tremendously thankful and appreciative of Thillart's effort.

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