Christine Alden – The Conversation

Beyond the many known benefits of outdoor education, COVID-19 has highlighted the outdoors as an environment which mitigates the risk of spreading airborne viruses. (Pexels/Charles Parker)

July 18, 2021

Why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child‑care program

Christine Alden, University of Toronto

Planning outdoor early learning and child care has implications for training and recruiting educators as well as for planning, developing and funding physical spaces.

Caution tape is pictured surrounding a children’s play structure in North Vancouver, B.C., March 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

May 6, 2020

Coronavirus spotlights equity and access issues with children’s right to play

Christine Alden, University of Toronto

One father was fined for rollerblading with kids in a parking lot, while other families hit the cottage. Families’ backyard or property status should not determine kids’ right to outdoor play.

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