Louise de Lannoy ( She/Her )
Adjunct Research Professor
- BSc (McGill U), MSc (U of T), PhD (Queen’s U)
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Dr. Louise de Lannoy is the Executive Director of Outdoor Play Canada (OPC). She holds a PhD from Queen’s University in clinical exercise physiology and has research interests in population health, implementation science, and knowledge translation. She leads the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play, leads the Play in the Early Years Working Group as part of the Canadian Disability Participation Project 2.0, co-leads the biennial Breath of Fresh Air Outdoor Play Summit, and co-led the recently-launched 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play. Louise is passionate about environmental stewardship, finding daily joy and wonder outdoors, and thinking creatively and collaboratively about whole-of-community challenges. She routinely delivers outdoor play and learning presentations at local, regional, national and international conferences and events, including local outdoor early childhood education professional development days, the national Outdoor Learning Leadership Conference (Canada), the Breath of Fresh Air Summit (Canada), and the International Play Association Conference. Outside of OPC, Louise enjoys exploring Ottawa by running, cycling and skiing through it and winding down at the end of the day on the couch with a glass of wine, her partner Jeff, and their geriatric puppy.