Latha Sukumar: Canada

Canada Dept: To explore that experience, is launching an occasional series in the words of newcomers, both recent and more established. If you would like to tell your story, email dzblack@thestar.ca, according to The Star. Q : How difficult was it for you and your husband to come to Canada at that time and next year more than 240,000 immigrants will arrive in Canada, many of them making the GTA their home. For some, their dreams will take years to build. For others those dreams may never materialize. Latha Sukumar, 50, executive director and lawyer at Multilingual Community Interpreter Services, came to Toronto 25 years ago. She grew up in Mumbai and married a family friend at 20, after completing her university education. She and her husband lived in Malaysia before immigrating to Canada. In Malaysia she had a daughter and completed a master s in sociology by correspondence. She followed that with a master s in women s studies earned in Canada, and then Osgoode Law School at York University. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.