by Lawson Foundation | Jun 9, 2017 | Early Child Development, News
National Child Data Strategy: Results of a Feasibility Study By Sherri Torjman Released June 8, 2017 The Lawson Foundation, acting on the advice of pan-Canadian early child development stakeholders, recently commissioned a feasibility study, undertaken by Sherri...
by Lawson Foundation | May 4, 2017 | Guest Blog Series, Healthy Active Children, News, Update
The Lawson Foundation Guest Blog Series The Lawson Foundation is pleased to share the first blog post in our series authored by our grantees. It provides an opportunity for our grantees to share stories from the field, lessons learned, as well as put forward thought...
by Lawson Foundation | Apr 26, 2017 | Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
Last June on my outdoor play tour of London, England, I was really pleased to meet a passionate and dedicated forest school educator who is a realist. She told me: “It’s all fine and well to say there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing, but that’s just...
by Lawson Foundation | Feb 2, 2017 | Diabetes, News
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of new grants under our Child & Youth Diabetes Strategy. Twelve projects out of 66 submissions from across Canada will receive a total of $2,640,000 in funding. For the first time, the Foundation’s...
by Lawson Foundation | Jan 13, 2017 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, News
Coming soon: Announcement of new initiatives to be funded by the Lawson Foundation’s Children & Youth Diabetes Funding Strategy! Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and youth. Type 1 diabetes, the main form of the disease in children,...