Re/Claiming Agency: Learning, Liminality and Immigrant Service Organizations

Authors

  • Tara Gibb University of British Columbia
  • Evelyn Hamdon University of Alberta
  • Zenobia Jamal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20355/C52019

Abstract

To facilitate the settlement of new immigrants, immigrant service organizations provide a range of services and opportunities for both formal and informal learning. These organizations, however, also act as liminal spaces in which the women who access their services may renegotiate identities, create new knowledge and forge new conceptions of community. The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of the data from two organizations which were sites for a larger research project designed to explore the formal and informal learning processes in immigrant service organizations. The data for this study was collected through client interviews and participant observation of formal and informal learning activities at two immigrant service organization that provide settlement, educational and support programs and services for immigrant women.

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2008-07-03

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