The history of outdoor play advocacy, practice and research in Canada is diverse and strong. Recently, there has been a marked increase in multi-sector efforts to align our work and build a movement together.
LEARN MOREThe 2025 Global Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play is a celebration of 10yrs of active outdoor play research, practice and policy across all ages, from around the world.
LEARN MOREThe Outdoor Play in Canada: 2021 State of the Sector Report serves as an archive of where we have been and a map of where we need to go next as a sector.
LEARN MOREThe SPROUT-able project is a research-practice-policy project that explores how children with disabilities engage in outdoor play and learning.
LEARN MOREWe conducted two systematic reviews to examine the best available scientific evidence on the net effect (i.e., balance of benefits vs. harms) of outdoor and risky active play.
LEARN MOREThe Adventure Calendar provides a daily outdoor play idea to inspire you to find new ways to get outdoors and into play, everyday!
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