Learning Exercise: Understanding Communication Challenges

Think for a moment about your family, culture, education, profession, and your own innate characteristics. These influences lead you to perceive the world in a particular way, and can also be a source of miscommunication. What are some of the elements of your own unique communication style?

How can you allow new information to change the picture you have, to take a step beyond a stereotype? How have you done this since moving to Canada?