Social Welfare and Social Policy

Undergraduate

This course examines, and critically evaluates, the social welfare system in Canada linking its history and ideological underpinnings to contemporary social policy and human services delivery. A variety of social welfare needs are explored and careful attention is paid to the lived effects of social policy based on gender, race, ethnicity, social class, abilities, age, and sexualities. Prerequisite(s): 3h of 1000-level SOCI and second-year standing, or permission of the instructor.