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IPA Canada is a national NGO whose mandate is to protect and promote the child’s right to play. Canada has a long association with the International Association. In 1978, Canada hosted the World IPA Congress in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1990, on behalf of the Canadian Council on Children and Youth, the Children’s Play Resource Centre in Vancouver undertook to organize and promote IPA Canada.

The current membership is made up of dedicated child advocates from a variety of backgrounds including early childhood education, recreation, teaching, post-secondary institution instruction, research, landscape architecture and playground equipment supply.

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We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples across Canada. We honour the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit who have cared for these lands for generations and remain committed to learning from and working towards reconciliation with Indigenous communities.