When I first started working with SFU Public Square, I wasn’t exactly sure what cultural diplomacy was. The term seemed familiar but distant; perhaps I was tested on it in a first-year political ...

Culture matters. It’s often hard to define, but its effects are undeniable. It influences how decisions are made, how people treat one another and ultimately, how an organization performs. In fact, 73 ...

In one of the courses I teach, my students are asked if it’s harder to change an individual’s way of thinking about things or to change an organization’s culture. The truth is, both are complicated.

Joshua Rothman A staff writer whose column, Open Questions, explores what it means to be human. Not long ago, a band called the Velvet Sundown started getting attention online. Two of its albums ...

A government initiative to create a Swedish “cultural canon” concerned many in the country’s cultural world. The final list has sparked debate over the choices. By Alex Marshall What are the 100 ...

It's common to experience culture shock when you're transplanted into a foreign setting. This is a normal reaction to a new environment where you are no longer in control as you have been at home. You ...