by Amanda Mayer | Sep 21, 2020 | News, Youth & the Environment
“Climate change remains the greatest threat to human health in history, and like COVID-19, we must address it directly and vigorously before it spirals further out of control. Like COVID-19, it disproportionately affects racialized, Indigenous, and economically...
by Amanda Mayer | Jul 15, 2020 | News
This report represents an initial attempt to learn more about how COVID-19 has affected the charitable sector in Canada. It is part of a series of case studies depicting the effects of the global pandemic on Canada’s philanthropic community, and a first step in...
by Amanda Mayer | Jul 13, 2020 | Healthy Active Children, News, Outdoor Play Strategy
Go outside and play! Opportunities for outdoor play critical for children during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Lawson Foundation shares recommendations for policy makers, early learning and child care, and post secondary early childhood education programs to...
by Christine Alden | Jul 8, 2020 | News
Recommended Resources for Increasing Outdoor Play in Early Learning and Child Care Programs in the Context of COVID-19 Resources listed here are grouped by topic and arranged by level, from introductory to advanced. The resources areCanadian and freely available...
by Lawson Foundation | Jun 22, 2020 | Diabetes, Healthy Active Children, News, Truth & Reconciliation
Putting community knowledge and leadership at the centre of a challenge – that’s what we’re doing in a unique collaboration with local Indigenous communities, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and Indigenous Services Canada’s First Nations...
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...