by Karen Shelstad | Apr 9, 2018 | News, Youth & the Environment
Lawson Foundation explores ways to support work in its newest impact area and will open a call for proposals this spring. In 2014, the Lawson Foundation revised its overall strategic direction to focus on the healthy development of children and youth. This...
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 Christine Alden | Feb 7, 2018 | Early Child Development, News
The Early Child Education report (ECER) has just been published! Released every three years, these assessments identify gaps and progress in the provision of early childhood services across Canada. In 2017, it’s mainly a good news story — depending on...
by Marcel Lauzière | Jan 9, 2018 | News, Supporting the Charitable
The Lawson Foundation is collaborating with The Philanthropist on a series about European philanthropy and what Canadians can learn from our European counter-parts. Check out the first article authored by the Lawson Foundation’s CEO, Marcel Lauzière, on reasons...
by Christine Alden | Dec 12, 2017 | Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
The Lawson Foundation will be hosting a two day symposium to support outdoor play and early learning policy in Canada from October 24-26, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The interactive symposium will provide a forum for researchers, government officials, educators,...
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...
