by Christine Alden | Dec 19, 2025 | Early Child Development, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
The Lawson Foundation is sharing “Taking Relationships into Account: Social Network Analysis of the Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0” by Taylor Newberry Consulting. This companion report to the OPS 2.0 Final Evaluation Report explores how relationships, collaboration, and...
by Christine Alden | Jun 27, 2024 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
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...
by Christine Alden | Jun 17, 2024 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
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...
by Amanda Mayer | Jan 29, 2024 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
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...
by Christine Alden | Jul 29, 2021 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
“Funding for Outdoor Play in Canada” supports funders and grant seekers in finding common ground and building partnerships to advance the multiple issue areas that overlap with outdoor play July 29, 2021 – A new report from The Lawson Foundation and...
by Christine Alden | Jul 18, 2021 | Outdoor Play Strategy, Update
Our program director, Christine Alden, put pen to paper to make the case on why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child care program. She explains outdoor learning and its benefits to kids’ development and provides some policy...
