Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai will visit Canada on April 12, to address the Canadian Parliament and officially receive the honorary Canadian citizenship bestowed upon her in 2014.

“I look forward to attending the upcoming ceremony and witnessing the historic moment when she becomes the youngest person to address the Parliament of Canada,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a statement today.

When Yousafzai was 15 years old, she was targeted by Taliban assassins for advocating the right of girls’ education. Since then she has become an international spokesperson for educations rights for women and children for which she was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

“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 said.

A native of Pakistan, Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

On October 21, 2014, the House of Commons, unanimously, gave Yousafzai honorary Canadian citizenship to recognize her bravery in the fight for the rights of women and girls to go to school.

“Her story is one of determination and dignity, and Canada is proud to call her an honorary citizen of this great country,” Trudeau said.

Yousafzai has received a conditional offer from a top British university to study philosophy, politics and economics, according to a report in the BBC.

“The people of Canada are leading the world in their response to the refugee crisis,” Yousafzai said in the statement. “I am honoured by parliament's invitation and look forward to visiting this great nation of heroes.”

Yousafzai’s Canadian citizenship ceremony was cancelled in October 2014 because of an ongoing emergency in Ottawa where several shootings occurred on or near Parliament Hill.

Yousafzai is one of just six people to receive honorary Canadian citizenship. The others are Raoul Wallenberg, Nelson Mandela, the 14th Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi and the Aga Khan.

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