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State of the Sector Report

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  • Indigenous Peoples and Place-Based Outdoor Play
  • Outdoor Play Environments
  • Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play
  • Professional Development
  • Research & Data Collection
  • Safety & Outdoor Play

Thank you to Yingyi Lin, PhD student in the Population, Health and Place program at the University of Southern California, and Mariana Brussoni, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, for providing this post. Walking to school and playing in the streets without adult supervision were previously commonplace, but are no longer the norm in...

24 July, 2020

Included in this slide deck is a series of statistics related to children's outdoor play. Use these slides as a knowledge sharing, advocacy tool to support outdoor play in your network. Check them out here: OPC Statistics Slide Deck....

23 July, 2020

Included in this slide deck is a series of resources and web links related to children's outdoor play. Use these slides as a knowledge sharing, advocacy tool to support outdoor play in your network. Check them out here: OPC Resources Slide Deck....

23 July, 2020

Included in this slide deck is a series of images related to children's outdoor play. Use these slides as a knowledge sharing, advocacy tool to support outdoor play in your network. Check them out here: Outdoor Play Stock Images Slide Deck....

22 July, 2020

Included in this slide deck is a series of infographics, cartoons, and quotes related to children's movement behaviours (sleep, sedentary time, and physical activity including active outdoor play) in Canada, how those movement behaviours have changed over time, and factors to consider when promoting active outdoor play. Use these slides as a knowledge sharing, advocacy tool...

22 July, 2020

The Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play was released in 2015. Use these slides summarizing the Statement as a knowledge sharing, advocacy tool to support outdoor play in your community: OPC Position Statement....

22 July, 2020

After a school year that saw students spend hours in front of screens and little time playing outdoors, a shift appears to be happening this summer break. With many parents continuing to work from home, and summer camp programs closed or limited in capacity, children are suddenly experiencing the freedom to roam on their own. In...

22 July, 2020

On July 16th, 2020, Outdoor Play Canada Project Manager Dr. Louise de Lannoy spoke with CBC Ottawa regarding the reopening of outdoor playgrounds in Ontario. "When children are outdoors and when they’re playing, it gives them a sense of agency, a sense of control. It’s also important in times of stress and adversity to help them...

17 July, 2020

Thank you to Louise Zimanyi and Olga Rossovska, Professors of Early Childhood Education at  Humber College, for providing this post. Two 150-year old crack willow trees surrounded by 250 acres of Carolinian forest, one of Canada’s most biologically diverse ecosystems, are the heart of The Willows forest nature program for children at the Child Development Centre...

16 July, 2020

On July 15th, 2020, Active Bradford hosted the virtual JU:MP (Join Us: Move Play) Play Symposium 2020 to explore play in the modern world with like minded people. Outdoor Play Canada Research Manager Louise de Lannoy spoke at the event about the founding of Outdoor Play Canada, its mission, and strategic direction moving through the...

15 July, 2020
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