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We are recruiting for two positions to join our Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play research-practice-policy partnership - a project coordinator and bilingual professional learning lead. Project Coordinator Position The project coordinator position is specifically focused on coordinating our SPROUT-able project, exploring how to support children with disabilities in outdoor play and learning in natural spaces! For more details...

15 September, 2026

Thank you to Kimberly Squires for providing this post! [su_spacer] The Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario (COEO) is hosting their ​Annual Fall Conference themed, “The Strength of Play: Living, Learning, and Leading with Nature” from September 25th to 27th at Camp Muskoka. They warmly welcome all individuals who incorporate (or have incorporated) the outdoors into their...

14 September, 2026

Thank you to Sam Grimmett Batt for providing this post.  This article was originally published on August 5, 2026 by UK Community Foundations. My kids just broke up from school for the summer.  Alongside the relief that the morning scramble is over for a time and a growing panic about filling four more weeks, I’ve been thinking...

04 September, 2026

We are seeking nominations for the Outdoor Play Canada Board Finance Committee! See terms of reference for the Finance committee in the affiliated link: Finance Committee. Purpose The purpose of the Finance Committee is to assist the President, Executive Director, and/or the Board of Directors of Outdoor Play Canada (OPC) by acting on behalf of the full...

03 September, 2026

Thank you to Tammy Potter, RECE, FNS Practitioner and Supervisor of Forest Explorers and Ottawa Forest and Nature School for providing this post! In 2025, Andrew Fleck Children’s Services, thanks to Lawson Foundation funding,  partnered with Algonquin College on a year-long research project exploring the evolution of outdoor play and learning at our outdoor-focused early childhood education...

02 September, 2026

Thank you to Louise Zimanyi for providing this post.  This article was originally published in the Conversation. In spring, on the traditional and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, young children, Anishinaabe storytellers and educators walk together with Aki (Land) and Nibi (Water). I’m a researcher and professor of early childhood and someone of French-Canadian and Hungarian descent living as...

28 August, 2026

Going outdoors with young children is beneficial. Indigenous people have learned on the land for many generations.  Many outdoor early childhood programs have been modelled after Scandinavian and Northern European programs where children spend the majority of the day outside.  In the last 15 years outdoor and land-based (OLB) early childhood programs have expanded across...

24 August, 2026

Thank you to Ruth Berzins from the Madiha Foundation for writing this post. This blog post was originally published on the Madiha Foundation website.   Just this spring, I learned about a Canadian nature-based prescription program called “PaRx” (which is the short form for parks prescription). I’m so pleased to have the opportunity to share some of the...

05 August, 2026

Thank you to Dr. Beverlie Dietze, Dr. Kelsey Robson and Dr. Melanie Manitowabi for providing this post. This article was originally published in The Conversation. The same authors also wrote a blog post about this work for the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development’s weekly e-newsletter, published on July 21, 2026, here. Across Canada, every province and territory...

22 July, 2026
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