There are 216 supporters of the 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play.
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Name	Affiliation/Organization	Endorsement Type
Patrick Abi Nader	Université de Sherbrooke	Individual
Nathan Adams	University of British Columbia	Individual
Fatai Adeniyi	Nigerian Heart Foundation/Exercise is Medicine, Nigeria National Centre	Individual
Nicolas Aguilar-Farias	Universidad de La Frontera	Individual
Kingsley Akinroye	Nigerian Heart Foundation	Individual
Bushra Ali MCIMSPA (Ch) MSc	London Sports Institute - Middlesex University London	Individual
Rajitha Alva	M S Ramaiah of applied sciences	Individual
Paulo Amorim	Viçosa Federal University - Brazil	Individual
Susana Andrade	Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador.	Individual
Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos	University of Toronto and Canadian Disability Participation Project	Individual
Gabriela Argumedo	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (Mexico)	Individual
EL HAMDOUCHI ASMAA	CNESTEN	Individual
Salomé Aubert	Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance	Individual
Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet	Université de Sherbrooke, Research Chair in Outdoor Education (CRÉPA)	Individual
Peter Bakalár	Faculty of Sports, University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia	Individual
Janet Barlow	Hike Nova Scotia	Individual
Lisa M Barnett	Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Australia	Individual
Audrey-Anne Beauchamp	Réseau des Unités régionales de loisir et de sport du Québec	Individual
Marie-Claude Beaudry	Université de Sherbrooke	Individual
Peter Bentsen	Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Capital Region, Denmark	Individual
Krista Best	Université Laval	Individual
Raof Ahmad Bhat	Higher Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir	Individual
Kate Bishop	UNSW Sydney	Individual
Javier Brazo-Sayavera	Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain	Individual
Emily Bremer	Acadia University	Individual
Brianne Bruijns	Western University, ParticipACTION	Individual
Mariana Brussoni	University of British Columbia	Individual
Sabrina Buchanan	Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario	Individual
Jean Buckler	University of Victoria	Individual
Anita Bundy	Colorado State University	Individual
Samantha Burns	University of Guelph	Individual
Daniel Burton	Educated by Nature - Perth Western Australia	Individual
Mads Bølling	Center for Clinical Research and Prevention & VIA University College	Individual
Hilary Caldwell	Dalhousie University Healthy Populations Institute	Individual
Bruno Camilo	State University of Minas Gerais	Individual
Greet Cardon	Ghent University	Individual
Theresa Casey	Past-president, International Play Association	Individual
Oscar Castro	Singapore-ETH Center	Individual
Jane Cawley	Dalhousie University	Individual
Baskaran Chandrasekaran	Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences, MCHP, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India	Individual
Jean-Philippe Chaput	CHEO Research Institute	Individual
Ulises Charles-Rodriguez	University of Calgary	Individual
Josephine Chau	Macquarie University, Australia	Individual
Sitong Chen	Shenzhen University	Individual
Mai Chin A Paw	Amsterdamu UMC	Individual
Candice Christie	Rhodes University, South Africa	Individual
Elzbieta Ciesla	The Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland	Individual
Dané Coetzee	North-West University, South Africa	Individual
Dario Colella	University of Salento, Lecce; Italy	Individual
Maia Collins	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute	Individual
Tara Coppinger	Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland	Individual
Rita Cordovil	Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon	Individual
Julie Coulombe	Occupational Therapist, Consortium pour les élèves du nord de l'Ontario (CÉNO)	Individual
Brian Culp	Professor, Kennesaw State University	Individual
Felipe Cureau	Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil	Individual
Gilmar de Jesus	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana	Individual
Louise de Lannoy	Outdoor Play Canada	Individual
Marina Delis	Eastern Townships School Board - Québec, Canada	Individual
Iryna Demchenko	CHEO Research Institute	Individual
Janice Dickinson	Embrace Health Foundation	Individual
Helen Dodd	University of Exeter	Individual
Joe Doiron	Canadian National Panel on Licensing of Outdoor and Land-Based Early Childhood Education	Individual
Michael Down	University of Notre Dame Australia	Individual
Sandra Dubois-Duplessis	CSSRDN	Individual
Margot Durling	M R . M A R G O T	Individual
Erin Eckler	Farm On	Individual
Anne Elliott	Middlesex University, London, UK	Individual
Colleen Fast	District School Board of Niagara, Outdoor Education	Individual
Guy Faulkner	University of British Columbia	Individual
Mairi Ferris	Thrive Outdoors Programme Manager, Inspiring Scotland	Individual
AYLTON FIGUEIRA JUNIOR	UNIVERSIDADE SÃO JUDAS TADEU - SAO PAULO - BRAZIL - FULL PROFESSOR	Individual
Rebecca Forte	Education Consultant; Toronto, Ontario	Individual
Margaret Fraser	Metalude	Individual
Valerie Freemantle	Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario	Individual
Andreas Fröberg	Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science, University of Gothenburg	Individual
Pamela Fuselli	Parachute Leaders in Injury Prevention	Individual
Amber Fyfe-Johnson	Washington State University	Individual
Tim Gill	Independent scholar	Individual
Global Recess Alliance Global Recess Alliance	Global Recess Alliance	Individual
Marissa Gogniat	University of Pittsburgh	Individual
Gemma Goldenberg	ISEY - Institute for the Science of Early Years and Youth (University of East London)	Individual
Sheila Grieve	Early Childhood Education	Individual
Jennifer Gruno	University of Victoria	Individual
Carla Gull	Hawai'i Academy of the Arts and Science	Individual
Jonathan Haidt	New York University -- Stern School of Business	Individual
Tanya Halsall	University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at the Royal	Individual
Krysta Hawboldt	Parent	Individual
Gregory Heath	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine	Individual
Lee Hinton	Executive Director, Saskatchewan Prevention Institute	Individual
Kim Hiscott	Andrew Fleck Children's Services	Individual
Peter Hoefflin	Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, Germany	Individual
Trista Hollweck	University of Ottawa	Individual
Angela Horbanuik	Wonder & Awe Forest Play	Individual
Catherine Houle	CSSMB	Individual
Liz Houston	National Wildlife Federation, Early Childhood Health Outdoors (ECHO)	Individual
Nina Howe	Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec	Individual
Katia Hueso Kortekaas	Cofounder first nature kindergarten in Spain - Escuela Saltamontes	Individual
Louise Humbert	University of Saskatchewan	Individual
Marguerite Hunter Blair	Play Scotland	Individual
Maeghan James	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute	Individual
Leah Japp	SaskOutdoors	Individual
Edtna Jauregui	University of Guadalajara	Individual
Bjørn Søvsø Jensen	Greenlandic Sport Confederation	Individual
Alethea Jerebine	Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Australia	Individual
Carmen Jochem	University of Bayreuth, Germany	Individual
Avril Johnstone	University of Glasgow, Scotland	Individual
Rachel Jones	University of Wollongong	Individual
Cathy Jordan	Children & Nature Network	Individual
Danijel Juraki?	University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia	Individual
Marjaana Kangas	University of Lapland	Individual
Kaja Kastelic	University of Primorska, Andrej Maruši? Institute	Individual
Ness Kenalty	Waltons Trust	Individual
Emily Kesteloot	University of Guelph	Individual
Jared Kolb	Green Communities Canada	Individual
Yannick Lacoste	Université du Québec à Montréal	Individual
Wendy Lahey	Bushkids	Individual
Alexandre Lamarre	Université du Québec à Montréal	Individual
Rachel Larimore	Samara Early Learning	Individual
Richard Larouche	University of Lethbridge	Individual
Suzanna Law	Pop-Up Adventure Play	Individual
Mark Leather	University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK	Individual
Eun-Young Lee	Queen's University	Individual
Helen Little	Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia	Individual
Tracy Lockwood	APPLE Schools	Individual
Nicole Logan	University of Rhode Island	Individual
Arlene Lusterio	Embrace Health Foundation	Individual
Nicola Lyle	Peterborough Child & Family Centres	Individual
Judy MacLeod Campbell	City of Prince Albert	Individual
Sarah MacNaughton	Physical Activity Specialist - Public Health	Individual
Sheri Madigan	University of Calgary	Individual
Lina Majed	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	Individual
Greg Mannion	University of Stirling, Scotland, UK	Individual
Shali Manuel	Nova Scotia Public Health	Individual
Taru Manyanga	University of Northern British Columbia	Individual
René Maréchal	Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Université de Sherbrooke	Individual
Kyle McCallum	University of Winnipeg	Individual
Ashley McCurdy	University of Alberta	Individual
Lauren McNamara	Schoolyards For Thought, Toronto Metropolitan University	Individual
Carrie Millar	The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement	Individual
Richard Monette	Active for Life | Learn Through Active Play	Individual
Adrienne Montani	First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society	Individual
Monika Montminy	Enseignante ÉPS	Individual
–	Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development	Organization
Shawnda Morrison	University of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Individual
Evelin Mäestu	University of Tartu, Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy	Individual
Wren Nicolardi	Rivers to Ridges	Individual
Janet Omstead	Contributor	Individual
Dominique Ouellette	Kinesiologist	Individual
Neville Owen	Baker heart and diabetes Institute	Individual
Becky Palmer	Rewilding Education - Farm, Forest & Nature School	Individual
Karen Patte	Brock University	Individual
Iuliia Pavlova	Ivan Boberskyj Lviv State University of Physical Culture, Ukraine	Individual
William Pickett	Professor of Health Sciences, Brock University (and past participant in this outdoor play initiative).	Individual
Franz Plangger	Outdoor Council of Canada	Individual
Nastja Podrekar Loredan	Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Slovenia	Individual
Mathieu Point	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	Individual
Stevo Popovic	University of Montenegro	Individual
Allison Poulos	Arizona State University	Individual
Alessandra Prioreschi	University of the Witwatersrand	Individual
Cathy Ramstetter	Successful Healthy Children	Individual
Farhan Abdul Rauf	Pakistan Disabled Foundation	Individual
Julie Read	Take Me Outside	Individual
Konstantina Rentzou	Department of Early Years Learning and Care, University of Ioannina, Greece	Individual
Julie Riopel-Meunier	Institut national de santé publique du Québec	Individual
Sara Rosenkranz	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Individual
Zindu Salih	Families Canada	Individual
Brianna Salmon	Green Communities Canada	Individual
Martin Sampson	Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA)	Individual
Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter	Queen Maud University College, Norway	Individual
Travis Saunders	University of Prince Edward Island	Individual
Jasper Schipperijn	University of Southern Denmark	Individual
Corey Selland	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Individual
Mohd Razif Shahril	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Individual
Danilo Silva	Universidade Federal de Sergipe	Individual
Diego Silva	Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil	Individual
Cindy Sit	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Individual
Denise Skuce	Tykes and Tots ELC inc	Individual
Alex Smith	PlayGroundology	Individual
Melody Smith	University of Auckland	Individual
Caroline Sparks	Recreation & Parks Association of the Yukon	Individual
Kimberly Squires	University of Guelph	Individual
Martyn Standage	University of Bath, United Kingdom	Individual
Claude Stephens	Bernheim Children at Play Network	Individual
Kevin Stinehart	American Public School Teacher and Play Advocate	Individual
Emily Stone	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Research Institute	Individual
Michelle Stone	Associate Professor, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University	Individual
Narayan Subedi	Nexus Institute of Research and Innovation (NIRI)	Individual
Shannon Sveda	RBG	Individual
Katherine Tamminen	University of Toronto	Individual
Sarah Yi Xuan Tan	National University of Singapore, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health	Individual
Katya Teague	Concordia University	Individual
Antoine Thibeault	Enseignant d'éducation physique et à la santé	Individual
–	Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute	Organization
–	Active Heathy Kids Global Alliance	Organization
–	Sedentary Behaviour Research Network	Organization
Mark Tremblay	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute	Individual
Son Truong	Dalhousie University	Individual
Trish Tucker	Western University, Child Health & Physical Activity Laboratory	Individual
Sylvain Turcotte	Université de Sherbrooke - Chaire de recherche Kino-Québec sur le mode de vie physiquement ctif en contexte scolaire	Individual
Lauren Turner	Norquest College/University of Alberta	Individual
Riaz Uddin	Charles Sturt University	Individual
Tricia van Rhijn	University of Guelph	Individual
Martin Van Rooijen	University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht The Netherlands	Individual
Dimitris Vlachopoulos	University of Exeter (UK) and Harokopio University of Athens (GR)	Individual
Ryan Voisin	Inspiring Healthy Futures	Individual
Lucy-Joy Wachira	Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya	Individual
Robert Wallis	The Nature School at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority	Individual
Stephanie Watt	Metalude	Individual
Erin Wentzell	The George Washington University Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Science Department	Individual
André Werneck	Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, Universidade de São Paulo.	Individual
Erin Wilkie	Niagara College (Recreation Therapy)	Individual
Sarah Woodruff	University of Windsor	Individual
Lin Yang	Cancer Care Alberta / University of Calgary	Individual
Rachael Young	Carleton University	Individual
Louise Zimanyi	Humber Polytechnic	Individual
Milos Zorica	EC Educator	Individual