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Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD) 2026: Outdoor Learning Settings.

Thursday April 23, 2026

Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD) is an annual national campaign by the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) that aims to raise awareness of and encourage action to prevent environmental health risks to children in early learning child care settings and schools. HELD 2026 will focus on outdoor learning settings, weaving together the benefits of outdoor learning and play with issues related to the design of outdoor settings themselves, including toxics and plastics and climate risks and resiliency. Stay tuned for more details on HELD 2026 and how you can get involved! 

Past Campaigns

2025
Extreme Heat

Extreme heat poses significant health risks, especially for young children, who are particularly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.

2024
Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air quality plays a critical role in shaping children’s respiratory health, immune function, and cognitive development.

2023
Electric School Buses

Learn more about why it is time to shift to electric school buses and how to help support this growing movement. 

2022
Child Care Environments

Learn more about creating healthy and sustainable child care environments both indoors and out.

2021
Climate Action

Five ways students, schools and child care programs can help Canada reach net-zero carbon emissions.

2019
Diesel

When it comes to diesel emissions and children’s health. Does your school get an “A” for action?

2018
Radon

Learn more about Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from rock and soil.

Contact Us

Please get in touch if you have questions or want to get involved in the campaign!
Contact Kieran Maingot, HELD Coordinator at kieran[at]healthyenvironmentforkids.ca

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