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The World Playground Research Institute has created a comprehensive article database, offering access to peer-reviewed articles and evidence-based studies on playground design, play environments, and their impact on child development. Curated by industry experts, the database supports educators, researchers, policymakers, and designers in promoting high-quality, inclusive, and engaging play spaces. Click here to access the World...

15 January, 2025

Park People’s 2024 Canadian City Parks Report, titled "Bridging the Gap," examines how partnerships and collaborations can help overcome the pressing challenges facing Canada’s park sector today. With insights from cities across Canada, this sixth annual edition highlights strategies to advance urban park development and management while fostering vibrant, inclusive, and resilient spaces for all.   To...

11 December, 2024

Outdoor Play Canada and Children & Nature Denmark recently came together to present a special webinar on supporting outdoor play and learning for children disabilities. This session highlighted 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. To watch this...

21 November, 2024

Child Health BC, with partners Sport for Life Society, YMCA of Greater Vancouver, Childhood Healthy Living Foundation, and BC Recreation and Parks Association developed the Appetite to Play program to build physical activity, physical literacy, and food literacy capacity in early years settings. Appetite to Play provides a web resource, toolkit, and training workshops for...

05 November, 2024

Kim Hiscott, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Andrew Fleck Children's Services sat down with Debbie Groff, Child Care Deputy Senior Administrator for the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in Washington State. In 2021, Washington State became the first state in the US to license outdoor, nature-based childcare programs for preschool and school-age children....

31 October, 2024

Finding Nature is a “Nature Connectedness Research Blog” by Professor Miles Richardson. Professor Miles Richardson founded the Nature Connectedness Research Group which focuses on understanding and improving people’s connection to nature. They have several resources including a few handbooks including The Nature Connection Handbook! Learn more about Finding Nature blog here!...

08 September, 2023

EcoFriendly West is an online publication celebrating the people, places, organizations, and projects that are playing a positive role in addressing environmental issues and protecting and maintaining nature in Canada's 4 western provinces. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Mastodon, or subscribe by email at https://ecofriendlywest.ca/...

05 September, 2023

Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is a not-for-profit organization that transforms how food is experienced and celebrated in schools across Canada. F2CC works with partners to grow the capacity of school communities across the country by connecting students to food and local systems that produce it. They focus on 3 pillars: 1) providing access to healthy...

31 August, 2023

EcoHealth Ontario (EHO) is a collaborative of professionals in the fields of public health, medicine, education, planning and the environment working together to increase the quality and diversity of the urban and rural spaces in which we live. EHO works to grow the collaborative work, pilot pathways for change, gather and share information, build professional knowledge,...

31 August, 2023

The International Play Association (IPA) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961. IPA provides a forum for exchange and action across disciplines and across sectors. Their purpose is to protect, preserve, and promote the child’s right to play as a fundamental right. IPA members from 60 different countries initiate a wide variety of projects that...

31 August, 2023
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