Media

• MEDIA WATCH, June 2005
• Article from The Villager
• Inside Toronto Parents don't want change at their local playground
• Media coverage of lawsuit information released by the Information and Privacy Commissioner (2005)
• Press Release from Information and Privacy Commissioner about release of lawsuit information (2005)
• U.S. media watch of recreation liability
• The Globe and Mail Good vibrations, March 21, 2009.
• Toronto Star: Dissent rains on Noah's Ark playgrounds, May 28, 2009, Comments on this article
• Playground-Safety Articles
• Taddle Creek Magazine The Paper Pompeii by Alfred Holden. A great article about kids who built a cardboard city, over years.
• The Star:Parks win with donor largesse
• Science Daily Sand Playground Surfaces Reduce Risk of Arm Fractures from Falls, Study Shows, December 15, 2009.
• mytowncrier.ca: Greenwood Park: under too much water, March 17, 2010.
• Thorncliffe Park: strange tale of two playgrounds:Porter: Playground politics are unfairJuly 10, 2010.
• Inside Toronto: The car is not an option, expert says, July 22, 2010.
• Plastics Machining & Fabricating: GameTime Molding Childhoods Through Play, March 2000.

British Articles

• RSA Risk commission NOT 'a risk averse society'
• Child accidents prevention trust Urban myths about children's playgrounds
• National Children's Bureau Managing risk in play provision
• Play Today Magazine, issue 60, 2007
• The Guardian Reclaiming the streets (2006)
• Joseph Powntree Foundation Facilitating play on housing estates (1997).
• Fair Play for Children Stop Blaming Parents! (2008)

Playground photos and links

• Playgrounds Visits 2009
• Playground Photos
• Berkeley adventure playground
• The Lost Adventure Playgrounds of New York
• Three Berlin playgrounds including one made with cob.

Playground Costs

• Sample playground structure prices Blue Imp

CELOS reports:

Dufferin Grove Playground CSA Bulletin

Playground Projects

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Problems

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Reference Documents

Canadian Standards Association

• Canadian Standards Association announces fourth edition of children’s playspaces and equipment standard
• Play Toronto's (now defunct civil group) deposition to the city on playground destruction
• Center for Justice & Democracy: Kids 'n safe play- regulation, litigation and playground safety
• Phone call with CSA Playground Standard Committee member Rolf Huber, Thursday March 19 2009
• Ontario playground inspection certification
• CPRA Annual Report 2007-2008 (pdf)

City of Toronto documents

• 1999 City Playground Program Summary
• 1999 City Playground Program Database
• Playground Repair Costs (FOI - 1)
• Playground Repair Costs (FOI - 2)
• Master CSA Program, September 21, 2003, view it: By Ward, By Playground Name.
• Master CSA program 1999-2004 (modified).
• Playground Correspondence (1)
• Playground Correspondence (2)
• Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget Waterplay detail 2007 (pdf)
• 2009 - 2018 proposed capital budget waterplay summary
• wading pool/playground shade audits
• Ward 18 Playground Projects
• CSA Equipment Replacement Expenses (2000-2004)
• PFR 2009 Capital Budget, Play Enhancement program (pdf)

Playground injury documents

• CIHI Playground Injury Report 2007
• Data collection: what the questions are in the Emergency Department: National Ambulatory Care Reporting System
• CHIRPP (Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program)
• About CHIRPP //www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/injury-bles/chirpp/index-eng.php#6
• CHIRPP "Injuries associated with playgrounds data sampler" 2000
• CCA Pressure-Treated Wood and Playground Structures: ccatreatedwood.pdf
• Public Health Agency of Canada, 1996: "Building Toward Breakthroughs in Injury Control: A legislative perspective on the prevention of unintentional injuries among children and youth in Canada."
• The Globe and Mail Watch out for that slide, February 19, 2009.

Playground-related injury claims

• Access to information requests about injuries

School-related playground documents

• Ontario School Boards' Insurance Exchange "Are playgrounds safe" Bulletin 1998
• Ontario School Boards' Insurance Exchange Playground Triage 2004
• Dec. 1993 Hansard Excerpt on CSA Playground Guidelines.

Playground-related documents beyond Ontario

• Research and design - west coast outdoor playspaces for young children
• BC Child Care Licensing Regulation
• BC Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Guidelines.
• Kaboom playground projects, wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaBOOM!

Access to Information

• Ruling IPC-MO-1947 by Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) about release of lawsuit information by Toronto (2005)
• Letter to City from CELOS about getting playground information
• CELOS submission to IPC about playground information
• CELOS arguments to the IPC about playground information
• Letter to Mayor from CELOS about playground information representations to IPC
• Adjudicator's ruling - City doesn't know how money was spent, so doesn't have to tell
• CELOS write-up of the appeal to the IPC
• Access to information requests about injuries
• Media coverage of lawsuit information released by the Information and Privacy Commissioner (2005)
• Press Release from Information and Privacy Commissioner about release of lawsuit information (2005)
• PAYOUT TIME for three “city secrets” bought as 2004 Christmas presents
• The Daily News, May 28, 2005 - About the difficulties of getting information, including Toronto Parks and Recreation quoting a cost of $12,000 for the playground replacement information we asked for.