Trinidad-Born Author to Launch New Memoir Reflecting on His Journey from Diamond Village to Canada

CANADA, September 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Harold Mohamed, born in Trinidad in 1944 and now retired after four decades in the workforce, is preparing to share his life story with the people who mean the most to him: his family, his friends, and the generations still to come.

Harold wrote the book, 'A Life Shaped by Many Hands,' for his children, his grandchildren, and their children, so that his story is not lost the way so many family stories are.

"My initial intention for writing this book was to give an account of the various phases of my life," Mohamed says. "To leave some details of my background and life's journey, for my children and grandchildren."

𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀

Harold Mohamed was born on March 24, 1944, at San Fernando General Hospital in Trinidad. He's the fourth of seven children born to Daisy and Yousuff Mohamed. He grew up in Diamond Village, where he was raised by an entire community rather than one household. His childhood was full of card games, sing-alongs, and the kind of hospitality that made every neighbour feel like family.

That sense of community runs through the whole book, including the friends, teachers and church mentors from his early years. Harold also writes about his friendship with Samuel Sudama, whom he met on his first day of school. That friendship has lasted 73 years.

It was also in these early years that Harold discovered Scouting, and he joined the Fifth Naparima Scout Troop in San Fernando. That discovery would go on to shape the rest of his life and introduce him to many exciting experiences. He camped across Trinidad and Tobago, hiked the Great Northern Range, explored the Aripo Caves, and eventually earned his Scout Wood Badge, becoming a member of the First Gilwell Scout Group in England. Decades later, he would still be active in Scouting on the other side of the world. He led the First Erindale Scout Group in Canada for eight years and organised exchange trips that brought Trinidadian and Canadian scouts together, including hosting Trinidad's own Fifth Naparima Scouts on Canadian soil.

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲

Before leaving Trinidad, Harold trained as a craft apprentice at the Texaco Oil Refinery in Pointe-à-Pierre. He spent ten years there learning mechanical and instrumentation technology. These skills carried him through the rest of his working life.

In 1969, he left Trinidad for Canada, leaving behind many relatives and friends. He writes about that decision throughout the book. He began work at Kodak Canada, where he stayed for 34 years, while attending night school at Ryerson University for sixteen years to become a certified Engineering Technologist.

Through it all, he kept building community wherever he went, from playing on the Kodak soccer team to raising a family of his own in Mississauga, Ontario, where he now enjoys retirement and the company of his four grandchildren.

𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

'A Life Shaped by Many Hands' closes with a chapter written directly for young people, in Trinidad and everywhere else. Harold reflects on why leaving home is no longer the only answer it once seemed to be, and encourages young readers to focus on what really matters, such as education, real friendships, and thinking big rather than getting caught up in small things.

The book centers on unity among people of different backgrounds. Harold describes it as a thank-you to everyone who was part of his life.

"This book tells the story of a person born in a small village and raised by that village," Harold explains, "and how that upbringing carried me through a whole new life on the other side of the world."

For Harold's family, 'A Life Shaped by Many Hands' documents where they come from and the journey he made on their behalf.

𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

'A Life Shaped by Many Hands' will be launched soon as an ebook.

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