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New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

Volume 2015, Issue 146
Research Article

Informal Adult Learning and Emotion Work of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants

Susan M. Brigham

Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

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Catherine Baillie Abidi

Faculty of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

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Evangelia Tastsoglou

Department of Sociology and Criminology, Saint Mary's University, Canada

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Elizabeth Lange

Department of Adult Education, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

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First published: 16 June 2015
https://doi.org/10.1002/ace.20129

Abstract

Like the immigrant clients they serve, service providers have been overlooked in adult education literature, yet their roles are crucial for addressing the serious concerns of refugees and refugee claimants who flee their home countries hoping to find safe refuge in another country.