Tonia Gray

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University of Western Sydney

Australia

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Professor Tonia Gray is a faculty member at Western Sydney University in Australia. Her research focuses on the intersections of outdoor education, wellbeing, and the relationship between individuals and the natural environment. Recent publications explore topics such as the impacts of outdoor physical activity on body-self relationships, community gardening benefits for vulnerable populations, and the educational advantages of nature-based solutions. Professor Gray is committed to enhancing resilience and belonging through transformative educational practices.

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Homeward Bound: Women in STEMM

Open Date: 2018-12-01

Close Date: 2019-01-01

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Exploring ways to elevate women's leadership voices in Higher Education to achieve career longevity and gender parity

Open Date: 2018-02-01

Close Date: 2018-12-01

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The impact of Royal Botanic Gardens’ Community Greening program on perceived health, wellbeing and social benefits in social housing communities in NSW

Open Date: 2017-01-01

Close Date: 2018-01-01

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Fostering the wellbeing of students with challenging behaviour and/or emotional needs through Acceptance Commitment Therapy

Open Date: 2016-01-01

Close Date: 2017-01-01

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Implementing trauma-informed practice in a disability NGO

Open Date: 2015-01-01

Close Date: 2015-01-01

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Jennifer Boddy

Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching)

Griffith University Griffith Health

AUSTRALIA

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Risky Play Is Not a Dirty Word: A Tool to Measure Benefit–Risk in Outdoor Playgrounds and Educational Settings

Wellbeing, Sense of Belonging, Resilience, and Academic Buoyancy Impacts of Education Outside the Classroom: An Australian Case Study

Redefining Body-Self Relationships Through Outdoor Physical Activity: Experiences of Women Navigating Illness, Injury, and Disability

‘We Love Nature and Nature Loves Us’: Children’s Observations on their Relationship with the More-than-Human World

Measuring nature-based health interventions – a rapid review of instrumentation and outcomes

JOEE special issue: Outdoor health and nature-based solutions: research, practice & policy

Restorative and regenerative green spaces for vulnerable communities in social housing: The impact of a community greening program

Parents’ and caregivers’ perspectives on the benefits of a high-risk outdoor play space

An exploration of how the disruption of mainstream schooling during the COVID-19 crisis provided opportunities that we can learn from so that we may improve our future relationship with the more-than-human world

Identifying Key Benefits and Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review

(Re-)Imagining Social Work in the Anthropocene

Community gardens as local learning environments in social housing contexts: participant perceptions of enhanced wellbeing and community connection

Nature-based solutions: democratising the outdoors to be a vaccine and a salve for a neoliberal and COVID-19 impacted society

The Impact of Time Spent in Natural Outdoor Spaces on Children’s Language, Communication and Social Skills: A Systematic Review Protocol

Widening the aperture: using visual methods to broaden our understanding of gender in the outdoor profession

A systematic review protocol to identify the key benefits and efficacy of nature-based learning in outdoor educational settings

Urban agriculture as a nature-based solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities

A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations

Collaborators (18)

Jennifer Boddy

Jim Ife

Pasi Sahlberg

Narendar Manohar

Tracey Dickson

Son Truong

Arianne Reis

Dr Christina Curry

Nicole Peel

Kumara Ward

Jacqueline Ullman

Jonathan (Yotti) Kingsley

David Eager

Chris Panagiotaros

Danielle Tracey

Dylan Adams

Sonia Nuttman

Aisling Bailey

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