Jun 7, 2021 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
Outdoor play has so many benefits for children. It promotes healthy social and physical development, emotional wellbeing, self-confidence, risk management and overall physical activity. However, opportunities for outdoor play have been decreasing due to perceptions...
Jan 20, 2021 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
The Lawson Foundation announced the launch of the second phase of its Outdoor Play Strategy and an investment of $4.95 million in 8 projects that will benefit Early Learning and Child Care across Canada. The $650,000 investment heralds the launch of Promoting Early...
Aug 27, 2020 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
In a collaboration with partners from UBC Faculty of Education, Camosun College, Vancouver Island Health Authority, and outdoor education practitioners, Dr. Mariana Brussoni’s lab is hosting a three-part online roundtable series titled, “Advancing Early Childhood...
Oct 4, 2019 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
A number of new initiatives are now available to improve access to outdoor play in Canada. Outdoor Play Canada (OPC), an organization dedicated to encouraging and improving access to outdoor play in nature and the outdoors, launched at the end of September. BCIRPU...
Aug 2, 2019 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
BCIRPU is proud to support the premiere screening of the documentary Running Free: Children’s Independent Mobility on Wednesday, September 18 starting at 6:30 PM at UBC’s Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. BCIRPU Scientist Dr. Mariana Brussoni is one of the panelists....
Jun 3, 2019 | News, Outdoor Risky Play
New research from PhD Candidate Takuro Ishikawa and Dr. Mariana Brussoni looked at parents’ perceived risk of injury after their child was treated for an injury. The research, published in Preventative Medicine Reports, found that perception of risk initially...
