Navigating Adverse Challenges: The Childhood Experience - Understanding the Unseen Struggles and

It is the traditional land of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, the Kainai, and the Piikani. [...] I extend my gratitude to the people and organizations who invested their time and effort, and played a crucial role in shaping the course of this project and my journey of mapping the system. [...] Note Bronfenbrenner (1977) proposes that the microsystem is composed of the individual’s direct contact or closest systems including family and peers; the mesosystem is the interaction between the closest systems including the child’s parents and care providers; the exosystem refers to the child’s external environment that indirectly impact the child including parent’s workplaces; the macrosystem. [...] Funding I recognize the effort and initiatives that the municipal, provincial and federal government introduced in our communities, however, the underfunding of existing social services and programs contributes to the broader problem. [...] Addressing social issues with children enhances their quality of life and the better of our community’s future Page 14 Concluding Remarks Navigating the complexities of wrap-around support and programs for children and families facing adversities reveals the interconnectedness of other associated issues.