Nitin Deckha
"Making the best job you can": Thoughts on the late Queen Elizabeth II, gender and leadership
Perhaps like some or many of you, at some point during Thursday, September 8th, were alerted that the late Queen Elizabeth II was under...
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Nitin Deckha
- Aug 31
- 2 min
From Knowing to Embodying: Immersive Technologies, Empathy and Intercultural Understanding
Last week, I presented a webinar on Immersive Technologies and Intercultural Understanding for SIETAR Europa. It explored various...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jul 14
- 3 min
From a Job to a Joy: Tackling Workplace Culture to Drive Systemic Change
In too many places, the work of #diversity, #equity, #inclusion and #belonging is the "job" of a relatively small number of individuals...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Que nous nous souvenions: reflections sur La Fête Nationale
Comme élèves innombrables, je me suis venu au Vieux Québec comme un adolescent. Nous avons visité plusieurs venues, mais au coeur du...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jun 13
- 4 min
Spectacle, imperial mythologies and the performance of change: watching the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
I felt compelled to wake up very early on June 2 and 3 to watch the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, being covered live in Canada...
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Nitin Deckha
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Enhancing Visibility and Disrupting Normativity
https://tntconsulting.ca/enhancing-visibility-and-disrupting-normativity/ I wrote the above article for TNT Consultants in commemoration...
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Nitin Deckha
- Feb 25
- 1 min
My 5 rules regarding face needs
Misunderstandings and #conflict abound in our world, from our everyday lives, with our relationships with friends and family, at work, in...
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Nitin Deckha
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Black peoples in the Japanese imagination: The legend of Yasuke as told by novelist Esi Edugyan
Listen to this mesmerizing story of Yasuke by award-winning novelist, Esi Edugyan. Yasuke was the first and perhaps only Black samurai in...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Going Beyond Walking in Another Shoes: Virtual Reality and Other-Body Experience
We often talk about #empathy, learning about #others and #intercultural #understanding as "walking in another shoes" (ableist imagery...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jan 7
- 2 min
Exploring Intercultural Futures: New Year, New Blog Theme!
For 2022, I am looking to curate blog posts that explore #Intercultural #Futures. The possibility to explore, examine, enhance and...
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Nitin Deckha
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
5 steps to building your intercultural fluency
Last night, I wrapped up my final learning facilitation for 2021, an inaugural course on the Foundations of #Intercultural #Competency...
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Nitin Deckha
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
The (Public) Art of Inclusion
This fall, Toronto launched its Year of Public Art 2021-2022 aptly named ArtworkTO. Curious, I was nicely surprised to learn about #Pop...
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Nitin Deckha
- Oct 15, 2021
- 1 min
My Very First Loom Video on Intercultural Competence Models!
For this week's blog post, on a couple of my favourite models in which to build your intercultural competence and fluency, I have taken a...
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Nitin Deckha
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
What's in a Name?: Language, Biodiversity and Reconciliation
Today is the first ever National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada as a federal statutory holiday. Perhaps you have already seen...
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Nitin Deckha
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Intercultural Inclusion in Action: Speculations after watching the film, Scarborough
In my last post, I closed with the benefit of #intercultural fluency. I wrote: "Intercultural fluency can allow you to develop into the...
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Nitin Deckha
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
Intercultural Fluency: Pros and Cons
This post on the pros and cons of #intercultural #fluency has been delayed, in part by my efforts to enjoy the altogether too-brief...
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Nitin Deckha
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
Reflecting on Canada on Canada Day: from reconciliation to decolonization
On Canada Day, I decided to attend and listen to a #CancelCanadaDay Teach-In: Legal Pluralism on Stolen Land given by Leah and Olivia...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Pros and Cons of (many?) DEI approaches
In my last post, I broached the possibilities and benefits of embedding intercultural fluency into an organization’s DEI strategy. Before...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Interculturalism and DEIB: starting a shared conversation
In January, I presented a webinar for the SIETAR (the Society of Intercultural Education, Training and Research), NY-NJ-CT Tri-State...
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Nitin Deckha
- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
Interculturalism and Multiculturalism: What's the difference?
Many countries are multicultural. Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, the UK, the US, Brazil, France, to...
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