Introduction: Mapping Social Policy in Canada

Abstract In this Introduction to the Oxford Handbook of Social Policy in Canada, we explore the multiple faces of social policy in Canada through a discussion of its nature in a changing economic, political, and social context, which is followed by a mapping of the main topics discussed across this volume’s six main parts: (1) a comparative and historical overview of social policy in Canada; (2) prominent economic and social dimensions such as gender, colonialism, and race that are especially im