If In Doubt, Let Them Out – A Child’s Right to Play
New research from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey reaffirmed the dramatic decl...
20 November, 2019 / No comment
Outdoor Play Canada is a growing network of leaders and organizations working together to galvanize an outdoor play movement across Canada.
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Our aim is to reach multi-sector practitioners, and decision makers who influence and shape the time, space, and affordance people living in Canada have for outdoor play.
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We sprang from the diverse, cross-sector group that collaborated to create the 2015 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play.
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The history of outdoor play advocacy, practice and research in Canada is diverse and strong. Recently, there has been a marked increase in multi-sector efforts to align our work and build a movement together.
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We conducted two systematic reviews to examine the best available scientific evidence on the net effect (i.e., balance of benefits vs. harms) of outdoor and risky active play.
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Knowledge mobilization is an important part of increasing every child's access to outdoor play. Use these evidence-informed tools to support outdoor play in your community.
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Latest News
Let Your Kid Play Outside
Yesterday, Dr. Mark Tremblay was interviewed by CTV Ottawa about the decline in outdoor play among C...
31 October, 2019 / No comment
Ontario Parks Needs Your Input
Make sure your voice is heard. Ontario Parks is halfway through the Healthy Parks Healthy People con...
30 October, 2019 / No comment
Running Free: Children’s Independent Mobility
Check out the new documentary “Running Free: Children’s Independent Mobility”! Told through th...
08 October, 2019 / No comment
Introducing the 2019 Outdoor Play Canada Award Winners
Honour Award The Outdoor Play Canada Honour Award is the highest form of recognition by Outdoor Play...
28 September, 2019 / No comment
Outdoor Play Canada Launched at Breath of Fresh Air Summit
Ottawa, September 27, 2019 – Outdoor Play Canada was launched today at the Breath of Fresh Air Out...
27 September, 2019 / 1 Comment
The Countdown Has Begun for the Canadian Parks Conference
The second edition of the Canadian Parks Conference will be held at the Québec City Convention Cent...
19 September, 2019 / No comment
Unicef Canada Releases the First Baseline Report of the Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being
A comprehensive new report from UNICEF Canada asked children how their lives are going. The result...
10 September, 2019 / No comment
Ready, Set, Go Outside: Preschoolers’ Physical Activity Indoors versus Outdoors
Thank you to Amber Fyfe-Johnson, ND, PhD (Washington State University) & Pooja Tandon, MD, MPH ...
22 August, 2019 / No comment