Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of the Forest Explorers Program
Celebrating One Year of Outdoor Play at the CCOP On June 26th, the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play ...
16 July, 2025 / No comment
About Outdoor Play Canada
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.
LEARN MORE2025 Global Position Statement
The 2025 Global Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play is a celebration of 10yrs of active outdoor play research, practice and policy across all ages, from around the world.
LEARN MOREState of the Sector Report
The Outdoor Play in Canada: 2021 State of the Sector Report serves as an archive of where we have been and a map of where we need to go next as a sector.
LEARN MOREResources
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.
LEARN MORE2015 Position Statement
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.
LEARN MOREAdventure Calendar
The Adventure Calendar provides a daily outdoor play idea to inspire you to find new ways to get outdoors and into play, everyday!
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The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play’s Outdoor Gear Library
Canada’s four-season climate means that spending time outdoors year-round requires a lot of gear â...
16 July, 2025 / No comment
Are Outdoor-Focused Childcare Programs Safe? A Look at Injuries in Canadian Early Childhood Education Programs
Thank you to Yousif Al-Baldawi, BSc, MSc student at the University of Ottawa, for providing this pos...
16 July, 2025 / No comment
New Study Explores Outdoor Education for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Thank you to Michelle Stahlhut, Forsker, PT, PhD (Center for Klinisk Forskning og Forebyggelse) for ...
18 June, 2025 / No comment
OPC attends ISBNPA in Auckland, New Zealand!
(This posting was originally published on the HALO website) Congratulations to OPC team members Drs....
16 June, 2025 / No comment
Two hours per day outdoors can positively impact young people’s mental health, Canadian researchers find
Thank you to Ivana Polackova, Dr. Louise de Lannoy, and Taylor Bradbury for providing this post. T...
10 June, 2025 / No comment