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Author: Ipek Epikmen

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In support of the Lawson Foundation's Policy Brief: Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Learning as Early Learning and Child Care   The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) and the National Panel on Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Early Childhood Education (‘the National Panel’), a collective within the CCOP, are pleased to endorse the Lawson Foundation’s October 2025 Policy Brief,...

23 February, 2026

This article written by Marnie Power and Linsey Sherman-Zekulin was originally published in The Philanthropist   A partnership between a family foundation and a grassroots charity demonstrates what happens when two organizations trust each other enough to shift power, follow community wisdom, and explore an idea without prescribing what it must become. Three years ago, Playful Mindset and...

20 February, 2026

Thank you to  Dr. Richard Larouche, Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Lethbridge, for providing this post. Which factors predict outdoor play in Canadian 7- to 12-year-olds?   Previous studies and literature reviews have consistently found that children who spend more time outdoors are more physically active and generally have better physical, social, mental, and...

23 January, 2026

Outdoor Play Canada is looking to hire a full-time Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) Fellow for one year to build capacity and thought-leadership for outdoor play stakeholders. As the CCOP Fellow, your role will be to lead advocacy and thought-leadership initiatives for the promotion of outdoor play in the early years, in collaboration with...

06 January, 2026

Thank you to Marnie Power for providing this post. This article was originally published in Playful Mindset. If you read early learning curriculum documents across Canada today, you might assume that play has always been central to how we understand children's learning. Many educators certainly knew this long before curriculum frameworks formally acknowledged it. But the policy...

18 December, 2025

This year, Alessia Capone, PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play, had the opportunity to share research at two exciting events: the International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) in Kerry, Ireland, and the Eastern Canada Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium (ECSEPS) in London, Ontario.  At ISAPA,...

17 November, 2025

Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Early Learning Programs by Christine Alden, PhD (Program Director, Lawson Foundation) This story was initially published in the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development’s weekly e-newsletter, originally published on October 16, 2025. Children playing outdoors—in nature, on the land—is a beautiful experience that holds many benefits for healthy child development and equity, stewardship...

13 November, 2025

Thank you to current and former PhD Students Anastasia Bengry, Katrine Bergkvist Borch, Kirsten Føns, Trude Iversen, Gabriele Lauterbach, Kassandra L’Heureux, Marie C. Vermund, and researchers Karen Seierøe Barfod, PhD (VIA University College) and Mads Bølling, PhD (Center for Clinical Research and Prevention) for providing this post on behalf of the international network of PhD...

28 September, 2025

SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 — Ottawa, Canada – Outdoor play is as advantageous for adults as it is for children and should be integrated more often into healthcare practice, according to new global research released today by Outdoor Play Canada. A three-year study and consultations with more than 200 global experts representing all inhabited continents found...

25 September, 2025
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