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Dec 21, 2024
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Academic Calendar 2024-25
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IST 206 - Indigenous Social Welfare
Credits: 3 Total Hours: 45
This course provides a general introduction to the perspectives, concepts and theoretical foundations of social welfare in Canada, including an analysis of the institutional structures of social welfare in the modern state. Students examine how specific social policies (health, housing, family & children,corrections and income security) and programs impact a variety of populations within Canadian society with a strong focus on Indigenous people/communities. The role of the social worker in formulating policy is also explored.
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