Immigration & Social Inclusion: Europeans began arriving in around 1000 A.D. but until 1880s there were more First Nations people that any other. Scandinavians, British and French were the first settlers in Canada and until 1840 there were no other Europeans exploring Canadian coast. First Chinese arrived in 1858. More …

Holistic Approach to Diversity: What is Diversity? According to Meriam-Webster Dictionary, diversity is the inclusion of diverse people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization; from University of Idaho Diversity. More …

Diversity Theories: 1950-1960s – Hall’s Classic Dimensions of Culture. Edward T. Hall, USA “The Silent Language” (1959) and “The Hidden Dimension” (1969). Edward T. Hall was the first anthropologist to introduce two distinguished classic dimensions of culture. (S. Dahl, 2006). More ...

Managing Diversity:  Clearly, culture is a very complicated and multidimensional concept. Understanding how cultures are different and being tolerant is crucial for people to adequately and respectfully interact with each other in multicultural societies (and communicate efficiently and effectively in multicultural workplaces). More … 

Intercultural Communication: Culture is usually perceived as a set of characteristics that guide and might define group’s identify. It is our values, beliefs, behaviours, language, traditions that we associate with our culture. Western culture, as it is defined, has been influenced by culture of European countries. More … 

Speaking of Stereotyping: Did you know how Canadian ‘norms’ compare to norms and values in other countries? If one compares the Canadian value system with other countries one might be surprised with the results.According to World Value Survey (WVS), 2000-2002: Canadians value family as much as respondents from India, Iran, Iraq and Mexico (over 90% suggested family is very important). More …