Multiple Literacies has become a buzzword in language education recently, offering structure and purpose to the sometimes vague aspirations of communicative based courses. Global education shares many of the core values and aims as multiple literacies approaches, with the added dynamic of promoting student inquiry and peace through cultural understanding. In this 3rd year elective course, Global Citizenship, students explore six global issues: Trade; Aid; Peacekeeping; Arms; Terrorism and Human Rights and Responsibilities, and the interconnectedness of these. Each unit encourages inquiry and highlights the part that cultures play in the causes and solutions to these issues. This paper will outline the course design to illustrate how students come to understand the cultural dynamic at play in global issues; how these are both barriers and tools to solving global problems; and most importantly how all cultures and cultural perspectives are valuable aspects of the human condition.