This web site is free for educational purposes. It will provide learners an opportunity to learn about Canada's unique history of social welfare and social work. The web site contains hundreds of pages of text, 12 audio lectures, videos, and photographs. By going through the site I hope you become familiar with the major concepts in social welfare and begin to do your own analysis of social welfare and social work issues - what they are, where they come from, how they work and why they work the way they do. You will need a sound card in order to hear the audio sections of the material. The audio and illustrated audio requires that you install the Microsoft NetShow software on your computer. This is a very small application and is the only one you will need to use the entire web site. The learning material frequently uses illustrated audio as a learning tool. This web technology displays synchronizes images with audio files. I have found that it is a very effective learning tool. The text material is copyright by Professor Steven Hick, Ottawa, Ontario. The images have various copyright, and permission has been granted for display on this web site. It is illegal to download the files and images for other purposes. The image copyright is as follows: National Archives of Canada IMSI's Master Photos Collection, 1895 Francisco Blvd. East, San Rafael, CA 94901-5506, USA.   Credits: Trican Multimedia Solutions Inc. www.trican.com Nawar Jabi: programming, multimedia development and design Tara Grigg: programming and data input Steve Hick: content provider and instructional design The project was made possible by funding from Heritage Canada, Government of Canada.