My Mother’s Secret was Canada’s Secret

Imogene  Lim  (林慕珍)  is  a  professor  in  the  Department  of  Anthropology  at  Vancouver  Island  University.  Much  of  her  current  work  involves communities on Vancouver Island associated with early Chinese Canadians.  Family documents continue to serve as a source of inspiration and research; they are a reminder that she is a lo wah kiu descendant.