What's New?

Our collaborative International Position Statement on Recess

The American Pediatric Society's Position Statement on Recess

Canada's National Position Statement/Paper on Recess? 

Lauren was invited as a keynote to share her story with colleagues at the Steadward Center for Personal and Physical Achievement.

See Dr. McNamara's article in Wellness ED Rethinking Schoolyards: Why Play, Belonging, and Joy are essential to children's Well-being and Learning.

In partnership with Physical and Health Education Canada, we've created a library of tips, tools and resources to support quality recess planning and implementation for all children and youth. 

Dr. McNamara is a member of the Royal Society of Canada's Working Group on Children and Schools. We've published our report - you can link to the chapter on Recess here.

Read Lauren's article (with Dr. Tracey Vallaincourt) in The Conversation Canada: Our kids' recess at school is essential to well-being and learning - and shouldn't be scaled back. 

Read Lauren's article (with Dr. Pasi Sahlberg) in the Conversation Canada: Kids will need recess more than ever when returning to school. 

Read Lauren's article (with Dr. Tracey Vallaincourt) in Ed Can Network: Why recess matters more than ever.

Our article in the Royal Society of Canada's Voices of the RSC (with Dr. Tracey Vallaincourt) Our Best Intentions Are Not Working - Recess is Essential For Health And Learning. 

See our video in partnership with Physical and Health Education Canada here.

Thank you to Toronto Metropolitan University Research for highlighting how our work helped shape a schoolyard renovation. Read it here.

See recommendations from scholars across the world in the Global Recess Alliance Statement on Recess here.

See our webinar But What About Recess?​​