by Lawson Foundation | Aug 24, 2021 | Diabetes, Guest Blog Series, Update
Cindy is a mother and partner. A primary caregiver who works part-time to support her family. She has also recently been diagnosed with diabetes. Immediately following her diagnosis, Cindy had access to educators who explained all the things she needed to know and do...
by Lawson Foundation | Mar 18, 2019 | Guest Blog Series, Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
In October 2018, the Lawson Foundation invited Henry Mathias, Head of Professional Practice and Standards with the Care Inspectorate in Scotland to give the keynote address at its Outdoor Play and Early Learning Policy Research Symposium. Henry shared Scotland’s...
by Dr. Ananya Banerjee | Dec 14, 2018 | Diabetes, Guest Blog Series, Healthy Active Children, News
When 14-year old Kiran Grewal joined the South Asian Adolescent Diabetes Awareness Program (SAADAP), she did it because diabetes runs in her family. Her father, her aunt (on her dad’s side) and both of her grandmothers have type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and her little...
by Nick Saul | Feb 13, 2018 | Guest Blog Series, News, Update
Over the holidays I was talking with my 18-year-old son about the consequences of climate change. He stopped me in my tracks when he asked the deceptively simple question: “Why do we allow people and corporations to pollute? We should just tell them they can’t.” He...
by Lawson Foundation | Nov 29, 2017 | Guest Blog Series, Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
This past spring I had the opportunity to deliver a Forest and Nature School Practitioners’ Course in partnership with Kenjgewin Teg at M’Chigeeng First Nation, on Mnidoo Mnising Manitoulin Island. Leading up to this course we had been working with the Executive...
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...
