© 2018 Children, Youth and Environments 

Children, Youth and Environments 28(2), 2018 

 
 

Unleashing the Power of Play: 
Research from the International Play Association 

20th Triennial Conference 
 

Janet Loebach 
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 

London, Canada 

 

Theresa Casey 
International Play Association: Promoting the Child’s Right to Play  

Edinburgh, Scotland 
 

John H. McKendrick 
Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University 

Glasgow, Scotland 

 
 

Acknowledgement of Editorial Review Team 
The guest editors of this special issue of Children, Youth and Environments would 

like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the editorial review team, 

representing IPA branches from around the world.  We are very grateful for the 

time and expertise you leant to the production of this issue, and for your ongoing 
dedication to the International Play Association and its mandate. 

 

Sruthi Javdekar (Atmakur) 

Children’s Environments Research Group 

Pune, India 

IPA India 
 

Sudeshna Chatterjee 
Action for Children's Environments 

New Delhi, India 

IPA India 
 

Janine Dodge 

Schulich School of Business, York University 

São Paulo, Brazil 

IPA Brazil 
 

Scott Duncan 

Auckland University of Technology 
Auckland, New Zealand 

IPA Aotearoa NZ 



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Marion Flett 

Glasgow, Scotland 
IPA Scotland 
 

Sarah Goldsmith 
Glasgow Caledonian University 

Glasgow, Scotland 

IPA Scotland 
 

Mine Gol-Guven 

Bogazici University 

Turkey 

IPA Turkey 
 

Nola Harvey 

Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland 

Leigh, Auckland, New Zealand 

IPA Aotearoa New Zealand 
 

Jane Hewes 
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Thompson Rivers University 

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada 

IPA Canada 
 

Tom Jambor 

School of Education, The University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Birmingham, Alabama, USA 

IPA USA 
 

Maggie Koong May-kay 

Victoria (China) Education Group 
Hong Kong 

IPA Hong Kong 
 

Marianne Mannello 

Play Wales 

Cardiff, Wales, UK 

IPA EWNI 
 

Grant Menzies 

The City of Play Ltd 
Glasgow, Scotland 
 

Michelle Stone 
Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University 

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 

IPA Canada