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Assignment: Social Policy in Canada- Community Issue & Event Report 2020

Indigenous Youths and Addiction Case Study

This assignment has a double-focus: a social issue and embracing one's continued focus.

Firstly, students will individually write a report that focuses on a current social policy issue that includes an engagement in a related community event. The purpose of this component of the report is to allow students to experience and develop the connection between what is seen as an important macro level issue and what is occurring at the micro level, in regard to a Canadian social policy.

The issue should be one of interest to the student but also directly related to a current Canadian Social Policy. The issue does not have to be directly related to the early years' sector but the student should be able to see/discuss the connection to their role as an early years' pedagogical leader.

The report will include a brief background of the issue, including sufficient information to provide the reader with a clear vision of the issue being addressed. Then the student will include: their own perspective on the issue, as they see the problem; the current social policy; and the manner in which the issue is being addressed by the invested stakeholders. The report should be framed to fit the student's vision of the issue, not to respond to each of the assignment description points. As well, the report is not limited to the points included anywhere in this assignment description.

The third component of the report will include the student's observations, and insights developed, from attendance to a community event related to the issue chosen.

Finally, the report will end with a summary section of the issue and social policy, and visions of "where to go from here" (both social policy-wise and personally). If possible, integration of the learnings from the event will enhance the student's ability to see the interplay between macro and micro level decisions.

Consideration of the following:

1. What is the social policy issue, as situated in 2020?

2. What are your thoughts and opinions of both the policy and your future as a leader?

3. What do the stakeholders feel and are/are not doing?

4. What happened at the related community event and what did you learn? How does this knowledge work together to better assist you in your role as a leader?

5. Recommendations (realistic in nature) and final thoughts.