The Play Lab at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto is a space to explore the role of play in our lives, with a strong emphasis on connections to wellbeing and learning. It is a laboratory for professional learning, where graduate students and educators, gamers and game designers to come together to learn and support one another.  While The Play Lab is a space to support individuals research or creative projects, we also work collaboratively on research and projects.  Our work is committed to the understanding and harnessing of play as a pedagogy of communication, critical and creative thinking, and human flourishing.