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Description
This opportunity provides interactive online lessons on intercultural communication; a skill that is crucial to Canadian employers today. The aim is to teach students how to increase their awareness of how their cultural influences can affect intercultural interactions; how to think differently about their own as well as others experiences; and to help them understand the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous cultures in Canada.
Position Requirements
Students are required to complete the Effective Intercultural Communication Course. An online, facilitated course run through the Centre for Intercultural Studies. The course runs over an 8 week period and is self-paced but with weekly deadlines for small assignments and discussion posts. It will take students a minimum of 24 hours to complete.
Sign-up Directions
To register for the course please contact Mackenzie.Sillem@viu.ca.