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David Harrison interviews Tserenedmit, a speaker of the endangered Monchak language, in Western Mongolia. Photo by Kelly J. Richardson 2005

Lost Language, Lost Culture

There are nearly seven thousand languages in the world. Scientific estimates say that half of these are endangered and many could vanish in the coming decades.
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Managing the Multicultural Team

According to Jeanne Brett, managers set their teams up to fail because managers themselves fail to help the team anticipate cultural differences and fail to set norms for dealing with cultural differences.
A UN peacekeeper and RCMP officer in Southern Sudan

Canadian Content in Sudan

Heba Aly reports on a very Canadian presence – the "United Microcosm" – in Sudan.
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Culturally Appropriate Web Design

Dr. Irina Kondratova and her team have scanned over 30,000 top Websites from 36 countries in an attempt to address the need for culturally appropriate user interface design.