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We have exciting news, Outdoor Play Enthusiasts! Due to popular demand, we've extended the deadlines for both Breath of Fresh Air (BoFA) workshop proposals and Early Bird registration! New Deadlines: Workshop Proposals: You now have until Friday, April 11th, to submit your proposal! We are seeking presentations and workshops, a mix of sessions that will be hands-on or minds-on for attendees,...

01 April, 2025

As part of our commitment to equitable access and national representation, Outdoor Play Canada is pleased to announce the Lawson Foundation Travel Grant. The Lawson Foundation Travel Grant will support travel to the 2025 Breath of Fresh Air (BoFA) Outdoor Play Summit in Ottawa, Ontario, for up to 15 attendees from across Canada. The grant aims...

28 March, 2025

Thank you to Iryna Demchenko for providing this post.   This post summarizes a service spotlight article titled “Celebrating a decade of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance and its Global Matrix initiative,” recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Regular physical activity is important for children's growth and development. However, in the last decades,...

22 March, 2025

  Thank you to Rachel Ramsden, PhD student at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, for providing this post. When it comes to children’s experiences at early learning and child care (ELCC) centres, how much outdoor play are children actually participating in – and can it be improved? New research from the...

10 February, 2025

The Outdoor Learning School and Store is offering a free virtual workshop titled Outdoor Learning in the Early Years. This expert-led session features an incredible panel of educators, researchers, authors, and practitioners who will share practical tools, resources, and ideas to enhance your outdoor learning practices, specifically tailored for the early years. Among the esteemed...

14 January, 2025

Jouons dehors Canada est à la recherche d'un(e) boursier(e) à temps plein du Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) pour un an, afin de renforcer les capacités et le leadership des parties prenantes du jeu en plein air. En tant que boursier du CCOP, votre rôle consistera à mener des initiatives de défense des intérêts et de leadership intellectuel pour la promotion du jeu en plein air dans la petite enfance, en collaboration avec...

14 January, 2025

Since 2020, the PaRx Prescription for Nature program has meant that physicians first in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario (and now many more) could prescribe a Parks Canada Discovery Pass to their patients for the purposes of promoting physical and mental health. A collaboration between PaRx, an initiative driven by health care professionals that promotes...

27 December, 2024

This new two-part Lancet series, delivered by the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), explores the "next 1,000 days" of a child's life, covering the critical developmental period from ages two to five. The series highlights the importance of this developmental period, explores care environments, risks, and protective factors shaping development, assesses access to nurturing care, and...

18 November, 2024

Outdoor Play Canada and Children & Nature Denmark are presenting a special webinar on supporting outdoor play and learning for children disabilities. This session will highlight the ongoing work of two national outdoor play organizations and research findings on inclusive and accessible outdoor play and learning from both Canada and Denmark. Participants will engage in...

15 November, 2024
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