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Lifelong Learning as Ideological Practice: An Analysis from the Perspective of Immigrant Women in Canada.
Roxana Ng,Hongxia Shan +1 more
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In this paper, the authors focus on the neo-liberal underpinning of state policy, where individuals are expected to take responsibility for meeting the needs of changing labour market co-...Abstract:
Critiques of lifelong learning have focused on the neo‐liberal underpinning of state policy, where individuals are expected to take responsibility for meeting the needs of changing labour market co...read more
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Changing Demographics and the Shifting Nature of Careers Implications for Research and Human Resource Development
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework for examining shifting careers is proposed, which accounts for important demographic shifts occurring in the labor force, including gender, immigration, and socioeconomic effects, and identifies some of the challenges faced by organizations in adjusting to these shifts and conclude with directions for future research.
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Pathways between under/unemployment and health among racialized immigrant women in Toronto.
Stephanie Premji,Yogendra Shakya +1 more
TL;DR: This study provides needed qualitative evidence on the gendered and racialized dimensions of under-unemployment, and adverse health impacts resulting from this, and unpack the role that social location plays in creating highly uneven patterns of under/unemployment and negative health pathways for racialized immigrant women.
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Language Policies and Programs for Adult Immigrants in Canada: A Critical Analysis
TL;DR: This article explored current issues in English as a Second Language (ESL) policies and programs for adult immigrants in Canada from a critical multiculturalism perspective, and explored current trends and issues in language programs for adults.
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Internationally educated female teachers in the neoliberal context: Their labour market and teacher certification experiences in Canada
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the difficulties that a group of internationally educated female teachers (female IETs) encountered in the process of seeking certification in the Canadian Maritimes.
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Learning/work: Turning work and lifelong learning inside out
Shirley Walters,Linda Cooper +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue for the reinsertion of "politics and power" into both the theory and practice of "lifelong learning" and "work" to promote greater inclusion and security for those whose livelihoods are most severely affected by globalisation.
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Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci
TL;DR: The first selection published from Gramsci's Prison Notebooks to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s as discussed by the authors, was the first publication of the Notebooks in the UK.
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The Migration of Professionals: Theories and Typologies
TL;DR: In this article, four professions are cited as case studies to show that professional inclusion/exclusion is no longer defined by national professional bodies alone and the operation of professions has become a transnational matter although the extent of internationalization varies with professions.
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The Performance of Immigrants in the Canadian Labor Market
Michael Baker,Dwayne Benjamin +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the economic assimilation of immigrants to Canada and provided new evidence on immigrants who arrived in the 1970s and document an increase in the dispersion of labor market outcomes across immigrants of different vintages over time.