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Decolonization & JEDI Resource Guide for Outdoor Early Learning and Play The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) is pleased to announce the launch of the Decolonization, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in Outdoor Early Learning and Play Resource Guide. Developed as a companion resource to Outdoor Play Canada’s Educators Teaching Educators: Canada’s Outdoor......

27 October, 2026 /

We are beginning to plan the Breath of Fresh Air (BoFA) Outdoor Play Summit, scheduled for September 23-25, 2027, and we are seeking individuals interested in joining one of our planning subcommittees! BREATH OF FRESH AIR is a three-day Outdoor Play Summit where thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers come together to connect, collaborate,......

26 October, 2026 /

Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) 2025-2026 Annual Report Now Available We are excited to share the CCOP 2025-2026 Annual Report!This year’s report highlights the milestones, partnerships, and initiatives that have helped advance outdoor play across Canada. It showcases the collective efforts of our partners, researchers, and community members who continue to strengthen opportunities for......

23 October, 2026 /

September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, an opportunity for the public to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools, the intergenerational harm they caused to Indigenous families and communities, and to honour those affected by this injustice. This federal holiday is an effort on behalf of the Government of Canada......

30 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......

04 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......

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......

28 August, 2026 /

This article was originally published in Children, Youth and Environments 36(1), 2026 When we published our paper “Environmental Scan of Child and Youth Outdoor Play-Based Projects, Programs, Activities and Services Available in Canada during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” pandemic-related restrictions were in full swing in Canada, and thankfully, educators and administrators were reacting by bringing the......

02 July, 2026 /
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