The CCOP (Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play)
is a centre of excellence where practice, policy and research
come together to inspire commitment to advancing outdoor play.
Our Vision
Outdoor play and learning are available, accessible, and habitually accessed by young children living in Canada.
Mission of the CCOP
The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play is a collaboration between Outdoor Play Canada, the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the CHEO Research Institute, Algonquin College, and Andrew Fleck Children’s Services through which we aim inspire commitment to advancing outdoor play and learning for the overall health and well-being of children in Canada. The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play leads demonstration projects, informs policy and practice, provides professional development opportunities, conducts applied research, and leads nationwide knowledge translation and mobilization efforts to promote and support children, their care providers, their families, and the environments in which they play, learn and live.
National Outdoor ECE Panel
This National Panel aims to advance efforts towards changing ECE licensing regulations across provinces in Canada.
View panelSPROUT and SPROUT-Able Study
The 3-year SPROUT and SPROUT-Able studies seek to explore the benefit of outdoor play and learning for young children's health and wellbeing, of all abilities
Learn moreOutdoor ECE Framework
This nationally agreed-upon outdoor ECE continuous professional learning framework serves as a pedagogical document that aims to promote consistency in training and supporting outdoor ECE practitioners in their work, across Canada.
Access the Framework here - now available in EN and FR!CCOP Resource Library
All items within this library are related to outdoor early childhood education, produced by those within the sector. This library is intended to be a living resource, where we plan to continually add items as we learn about them. We invite you to share new items with us to keep this library up to date and continue our effort to serve as a central portal of information on outdoor play and learning in Canada, avoid duplication of efforts, and help connect groups with similar interests.
Read MoreOutdoor ECE Community of Practice
The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play collaborative invites those interested in outdoor early childhood education to come join our community of practice!
Read MoreQuestions, comments, suggestions regarding the CCOP initiative?
Support for the CCOP
The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play has been funded by:
