Big Announcement: Rachel Ramsden to Join Our Annual Training in November

This training session is part of our all-day training event on November 18th. Click to see the full itinerary.

We are thrilled to welcome Rachel Ramsden to FRP-BC’s incredible training lineup. Rachel is a Research Coordinator at the Play Outside Lab and a PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Working with Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Rachel leads research projects in BC and across Canada that aim to support children’s outdoor and risky play.

Supporting children’s outdoor and risky play – and why it’s so important now more than ever.

Research is clear on the importance of regular and repeated access to outdoor risky play opportunities in childhood. Despite the known benefits of outdoor risky play, Canadian children’s play experiences have become more monitored over time and children are spending less time outdoors. This presentation explores the importance of outdoor and risky play on children’s health, development and well-being, and the important role that adults play in facilitating this form of play. We will work through the key ingredients to support children’s outdoor risky play today and discuss examples of promising practices from recent research across British Columbia. This session will also make available the resources and tools to help you get started in your role supporting young children’s participation in outdoor risky play in various early year contexts including Family Resource Programs.

Learn more about about UBC’s Play Outside Lab.

Bio:
Rachel is a Research Coordinator at the Play Outside Lab and a PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Working with Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Rachel leads research projects in BC and across Canada that aim to support children’s outdoor and risky play. Rachel has a particular interest in prioritizing children’s voices in research and working with communities to support children’s outdoor play in the early years. Rachel previously worked in recreation, community planning and child care policy and holds a Masters degree in Public Health (2016) and a Bachelors of Kinesiology (2013).