Bus Home: Pakistani Woman and Taliban Gunman

bus home: Former prime minister Stephen Harper was to have presented the award in Toronto on Oct. 22, 2014, according to Brandon Sun. But the event was cancelled, because that was the day a gunman attacked Parliament Hill after killing a soldier at the National War Memorial. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says the presentation will take place April 12, when the 19-year-old Pakistani woman will also address Parliament. Yousafzai became an international symbol for girls' rights after surviving a 2012 attack by a Taliban gunman, who shot her in the head while she was riding a bus home from school in Pakistan. Yousafzai is one of six people to have been awarded honorary Canadian citizenship, joining Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, and the Aga Khan. Trudeau's office says he wants to discuss girls' empowerment through education and how they can actively contribute to the sustainable development of their communities and countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.