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Nobel Peace Prize and Fred Eisenberger

Ted McMeekin Monique Taylor: The Taliban retaliated by shooting her in the head in 2012, according to Hamilton Spectator. Malala miraculously survived, going on to write a bestseller, "I Am Malala." In 2014 she became the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala began publicly promoting female education when she was only 11. Speaking on the importance of the equality of women in modern society, Yousafzai also told the crowd, which included Mayor Fred Eisenberger, newly minted police chief Eric Girt, and MPPs Ted McMeekin and Monique Taylor, that education action for Syrian refugees was vital. If action is not taken quickly, there is a significant chance that peace will be stalled for another generation, he said. " is not only the absence of war, but it is the absence of fear." As a self-proclaimed admirer of multicultural Canada, which granted his daughter honorary citizenship in 2014, Ziauddin says Canada performed well during the Syrian crisis — but they should "do the maximum possible" to have the dispute diplomatically resolved. Warning of the potential of another "lost generation," similar to what was seen in Afghanistan during recent conflicts, Ziauddin said that more than 2 million displaced Syrian children have no access to education. "If children are deprived for four to five years they are often unable to recover," Ziauddin told the Spectator. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.