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Looking Ahead to Our 2025 Updated Strategic Direction
In June 2025, the Lawson Foundation will officially launch our updated Strategic Direction, setting the course for our work in the years ahead. As we near this milestone, we are taking stock—of what we’ve learned, how the landscape is shifting, and where we can...
Advancing Outdoor Play in Early Learning: The Power of a Relational, Values-Driven Approach to Building Adult Capacity
The Lawson Foundation is proud to announce the release of "The Power of a Relational, Values-Driven Approach to Building Adult Capacity: Final Evaluation Report of Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0." a comprehensive evaluation highlighting the significant strides made in...
Transforming Post-Secondary Early Childhood Education in Canada with Outdoor and Land-based Teaching and Learning
The Lawson Foundation has released a new report, "More Than a New Course: A Framework for Embedding Outdoor and Land-based Pedagogies in Post-Secondary ECE Programs." (French Translation available here). The report provides guidelines to help integrate Outdoor and...
Outdoor Play Milestone : Canadian Pediatric Society’s position statement on outdoor risky play
The Canadian Pediatric Society just released a position statement on the importance of outdoor risky play! https://ow.ly/xgfB50QuTmm “Risk is inherent to free play. When children play spontaneously, they may choose to push boundaries and test limits. Risky play...
Director, Diabetes Prevention Hiring Announcement
We are thrilled to announce that Jeff LaPlante has joined the Lawson Foundation as our new Director, Diabetes Prevention. Jeff joins the Lawson team at a critical time as we sharpen our Child & Youth Diabetes focus to concentrate on the prevention of type 2...
Youth-led environmental groups are “scraping for morsels” to find funding
Excited to share the second article in our partnership with Future of Good! As climate disasters in Canada and the world are getting more frequent and severe, youth-led environmental groups are leading some of the most innovative projects in the sector. Despite the...