My Chosen Words: Memories of a Professional Immigrant Woman

Ferial Imam is the daughter of remarkable parents who were both educationist in British India. She grew up and spent her life in the public eye at home and abroad since 1950. She has travel led and lived in many countries as a student and researcher. People around her have observed and shared her successes and hard times. A story of triumph and turmoil while travelling through the many phases of her life: Childhood Married Life Maturity. Depicting her vision as a daughter sister wife student scientist and mother. Her touching impressions of migration to Canada leaving behind the tragedies of the Battle Field. Beginning a new life being an immigrant professional woman in 1972 with sad memories was a challenge in Ottawa was not easy. Her Key role as a professional immigrant woman in the seventies was to savour some taste and flavour of Multiculturalism in Ottawa Canadas Capital. Being member of many groups in Ottawa have implemented and introduced new vision of Who Women Are - with diversity and tolerance to welcome new Canadians from many corners of the world.