by Marcel Lauzière | Apr 1, 2020 | News
The global COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event. As both the crisis and our collective response unfold, we must acknowledge that the impacts of the pandemic are both immediate and far-reaching. And that they will undoubtedly be felt most profoundly by those in...
by Marcel Lauzière | Mar 30, 2020 | News
London Community Foundation (LCF) in partnership with the Lawson Foundation announced its creation of the LCF COVID-19 Response Fund – a collaborative effort to support our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by LCF with an initial contribution of $300,000,...
by Marcel Lauzière | Mar 17, 2020 | News
In light of COVID-19 we want to share the steps we have taken at the Lawson Foundation. In efforts to contribute to the national effort to curb COVID-19, as of March 16 and for the forseeable future, we’ve shifted our operations to all-remote work and therefore...
by Christine Alden | May 21, 2019 | Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
The Lawson Foundation is pleased to release Advancing Outdoor Play and Early Childhood Education: A Discussion Paper which is a synthesis of a multi-sector symposium convened in October 2018. The discussion paper shares the major themes of the Symposium and proposes...
by Marcel Lauzière | May 17, 2019 | News
The Lawson Foundation in collaboration with our Foundation House partners, The Counselling Foundation of Canada and Laidlaw Foundation, recently undertook a project to gather feedback from our grant recipients. An independent organization, GrantBook, was hired to...
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...
