Tara Gibb
Biographic Data
| ID | 6300113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Gibb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibb |
| SIGNATURE | GIBB T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Educating for a high skills society? The landscape of federal employment, training and lifelong learning policy in Canada
Government reports and documents claim that building a knowledge economy and innovative society are key goals in Canada. In this paper, we draw on critical policy analysis to examine 10 Canadian federal government training and employment policies in relation to the government's espoused priorities of innovation and developing a high skills society and economy. Our findings highlight three areas of contradiction: a tension between high skills and …
Moving across borders: Immigrant women’s encounters with globalization, the knowledge economy and lifelong learning
The (un)reality of open/porous borders is starkly represented/manifested in the experiences of immigrant women in lifelong learning contexts. While globalization effectively destroys some borders, it simultaneously creates new ones. State institutions respond to global reconfigurations of borders at local levels by establishing policies that exclude women from working in their fields unless they participate in re‐education programs. At the same t…
Moving across borders: Immigrant women’s encounters with globalization, the knowledge economy and lifelong learning
The (un)reality of open/porous borders is starkly represented/manifested in the experiences of immigrant women in lifelong learning contexts. While globalization effectively destroys some borders, it simultaneously creates new ones. State institutions respond to global reconfigurations of borders at local levels by establishing policies that exclude women from working in their fields unless they participate in re‐education programs. At the same t…
Educating for a high skills society? The landscape of federal employment, training and lifelong learning policy in Canada
Government reports and documents claim that building a knowledge economy and innovative society are key goals in Canada. In this paper, we draw on critical policy analysis to examine 10 Canadian federal government training and employment policies in relation to the government's espoused priorities of innovation and developing a high skills society and economy. Our findings highlight three areas of contradiction: a tension between high skills and …
Moving across borders: Immigrant women’s encounters with globalization, the knowledge economy and lifelong learning
The (un)reality of open/porous borders is starkly represented/manifested in the experiences of immigrant women in lifelong learning contexts. While globalization effectively destroys some borders, it simultaneously creates new ones. State institutions respond to global reconfigurations of borders at local levels by establishing policies that exclude women from working in their fields unless they participate in re‐education programs. At the same t…
Educating for a high skills society? The landscape of federal employment, training and lifelong learning policy in Canada
Government reports and documents claim that building a knowledge economy and innovative society are key goals in Canada. In this paper, we draw on critical policy analysis to examine 10 Canadian federal government training and employment policies in relation to the government's espoused priorities of innovation and developing a high skills society and economy. Our findings highlight three areas of contradiction: a tension between high skills and …
Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Lifelong learning (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works)