The Canadian Council on Social Development and Human Resources Development Canada hosted a research conference on social inclusion in Ottawa on March 27-28, 2003. The conference focused on the latest policy research on the social inclusion front and provided participants with an opportunity to identify the gaps in a national social inclusion research agenda.

Selected papers include:

- Social exclusion: Consequences and prevention (Margaret Dechman)

- Labour market policies for social inclusion (Andrew Jackson)

- Social inclusion and housing (Sharon Chisholm)

- Cities and polarization (Caroline Andrew)

- Recognizing the political barriers to a healthy inclusive society: The case fo the social determinants of health (Dennis Raphael)

- Towards a common approach to thinking about and measuring social inclusion (Cameron Crawford)

- Social inclusion research in Canada: Children and youth (Louise Hanvey)