A gala honouring Brazilian
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, above, was hosted by Governor General
Roméo LeBlanc at Rideau Hall, 1997. Julia Souhami, Chairman, Council
of Brazilians Living in Quebec, an organization preparing to celebrate
500 years of Brazilian history in the year 2000, was one of the invited
guests who was presented to the Brazilian President on his State Visit.
Julia came to Canada from Brazil in 1974. She followed husband-to-be, right,
also from Brazil, who began his medical career as a radiotherapist in St.
John’s, Newfoundland, that same year. Soon these two adventurers were married,
spending their honeymoon near Cabot Hill. Twenty-five years later, Dr.Luis
Souhami is Professor of Oncology at McGill University, Montreal, where
he and Julia as Brazilian-Canadians have successfully raised a family in
Montreal. [Photo, courtesy Julia Souhami]