Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing Social Welfare -- The History of Social Welfare in Canada -- Challenges to Social Welfare -- Social Welfare Theory -- Making Social Policy in Canada -- Canadians Living in Poverty -- Employment, Unemployment, and Workers' Compensation -- Women and the Family Children and Families in Poverty -- The Social Welfare of Immigrants -- Aboriginal Social Welfare -- Disability and Social Welfare -- The Elderly and Retired -- Globalization and Social Welfare.

"Provides an overview of the income sercurity system in Canada, its history, the programs, and the major policy debates in the field."--Back cover.