Malala Yousafzai will address Parliament in Ottawa on April 12 — and will make history while doing so.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in a statement on Monday.
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“Ms. Yousafzai’s courageous response to those who threatened her life, and her advocacy for girls’ education, has inspired many millions of people around the world,” Trudeau wrote in a news release.
“Her story is one of determination and dignity, and Canada is proud to call her an honorary citizen of this great country.”
Nineteen-year-old Yousafzai is also the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize, which she was a co-recipient of in 2014 for her work in women and girls’ education, and for risking her life to help protect children from slavery, extremism and forced labour.
She will also officially receive her honorary Canadian citizenship, the release said.
Honorary citizenship was bestowed on her in 2014, by former prime minister Stephen Harper, but the ceremony in which she was supposed to receive it was cancelled because of the 2014 Ottawa shooting.
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