For many people, especially in Vancouver, understanding who they are is influenced by more than one culture. How do people make sense of these multiple meaning systems? How do they manage their cultural identity(ies)? What effect does being bicultural have on their lives at home and at work?

Moderator

• Dr. David C. Thomas 
  
  David C. Thomas is the Beedie School of Business chair and professor of international management at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of 10 books including the best selling Cultural Intelligence: Living and Working Globally (Berrett-Koehler) and the award winning Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts(Sage Publications)

About the Philosophers' Café

• Philosophers’ Café is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafés and restaurants throughout Metro Vancouver. The cafés, which are open to everyone, have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. To learn more about the Philosophers’ Café, please visit their website.