The story of Maltese-Canadian history has been of a humble people who left a tiny country in the Mediterranean – The Maltese Islands and became a success story thousands of kilometres away in the second largest country on world – Canada.

This story is the history, heritage and identity of 147,000 Maltese Canadians being preserved, unveiled and transmitted to future generations by a commendable initiative of the board of Lehen Malti TV in Canada lead by Chairperson Joe Sherri by means of a scholarship offered to Maltese Canadian youths.

The Consul General of the Republic of Malta to Canada, Dr Raymond C. Xerri has welcomed the winner of this scholarship, Maltese Canadian youth Nigel Klemencic-Puglisevich at the Consulate General in Toronto, Ontario.

Consul General Dr Xerri augured Mr Klemencic-Puglisevich for his work and promised the Consulate General’s assistance in continuing his research into the Maltese-Canadian story.

Besides the making available specialised research from the Maltese-Canadian Library available at the Consulate, Consul General Xerri provided Mr Klemencic-Puglisevich with copies of important publications related to the third and fourth Conventions for Maltese Living Abroad organised in 2000 and 2015 respectively.

Mr Klemencic-Puglisevich thanked Consul General Dr Xerri for welcoming him, offering assistance to enhance his research, for the publications and for the initiative taken by the Consulate General of Malta in establishing the specialised Maltese-Canadian migration library.

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