Global Civic Policy Society

Greeting Fluency official launch June 23, 2011. Courtesy of Abco Film Corp. The Greeting Fluency Initiative encourages citizens to learn a few words of greetings in the languages of their neighbors. Our communities are becoming more multicultural and multilingual. This presents great opportunities for both the more traditional older communities and the newer ones. Older [...]

Source: Vancouver Sun Over the last few decades, Vancouver’s streets have filled with voices speaking more than 100 languages. For most of us the sounds seem like impenetrable babble. Although it is unlikely that any of us will become fluent in these languages, this should not deter us from discovering the treasures that they hold nor [...]