The Let's Move Canada podcast published an episode on Risky Play with Dr. Suzanne Beno and Dr. Mariana Brussoni. Dr. Suzanne Beno is a pediatric emergency medicine physician based at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, and senior author of the new Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS)'s Position Statement on Outdoor Risky Play. Dr....
The Canadian Health and Fitness Institute welcomed Diane Nelson, Director of Education for the West Vancouver School District, to share her thoughts on the critical role of movement and physical activity on National Health and Fitness Day on June 1st, 2024. Diane shared key insights from research on the benefits of physical activity and the...
Recreation Nova Scotia (RNS), in collaboration with the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage – Communities, Sport, and Recreation Division, has produced an online and printed booklet on Outdoor Play for parents and caregivers. The booklet, Why Outdoor Play Matters: A practical guide for parents and caregivers includes things like: what to say instead of...
Under the supervision of Dr. Mark Tremblay (Senior Scientist at the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the CHEO Research Institute and President of Outdoor Play Canada) and Dr. Louise de Lannoy (Executive Director of Outdoor Play Canada), Yousif Al-Baldawi created a list of Outdoor ECE programs in Canada as part of his...
Outdoor Play Canada is proud to support Take Me Outside’s Outdoor Learning Resource Hub, a living document and comprehensive guide that highlights outdoor learning organizations throughout the country. Regardless of your experience or expertise in outdoor learning, you can explore this directory to learn more about what each of these featured organizations are up to, and...
Playing Out is a UK-based organisation aimed at restoring children’s freedom to "play out" where they live, tackling traffic danger and other barriers. Started by parents in Bristol, England in 2009, the resident-led ‘temporary play street’ model is now followed by street communities across the UK and around the world. This simple model involves neighbours...
Written by Tim Gill and published & copyrighted by Play Wales, the Weighing up risks and benefits in children's play info sheet outlines why risk is important in children's play, the importance of finding a balance between protecting against injury and promoting beneficial play opportunities, and guidance on how to do so. Read the full info...
WILD CHILD is an free outdoor play program for families run by childREACH in London, ON. The program is run three times per week all year round (no matter the weather) and is held in local wooded areas to support play in natural settings. childREACH recently developed a new component of their program called WILD...
The Government of Canada has put together the Risk mitigation tool for outdoor recreation spaces and activities operating during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist those responsible for parks and outdoor recreational places and programming (e.g. federal/provincial/territorial and local/municipal authorities, Indigenous leadership, sports and recreation organizations and coaches and leaders) in considering risks associated with operating their...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20 November 2019, Play Wales published a new report where children and teenagers talk about what’s good about the play opportunities in their local area and how satisfied they are about when, how and where they can...
