Health Professional Education
- Past Baby Friendly Manitoba Conferences
- Telehealth Breastfeeding Rounds
2016
- St Joseph Hospital - Systemic Change through Baby Friendly by Jackie Barrett, RN, MHSC Clinical Director, Patient Care Services.
- Increasing Breastfeeding Self Efficacy Across the Prenatal to Postpartum Spectrum by Cindy-Lee Dennis, Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario.
- Baby Friendly Survey Panel by Public Health Nurses Amy Mink, RN The Pas, MB Loida Agpalza, RN, IBCLC Flin Flon, MB, Pam Noseworthy, RN, IBCLC Thompson, MB Jodi Unger, RN, IBCLC Steinbach, MB.
- Breastfeeding Practice Case Studies: How to Help When Breastfeeding is In Jeopardy by Susan Waters Larocque, BA, RN, IBCLC Breastfeeding Service St. Boniface Hospital.
2015
- The Canadian Perspective of the Baby-Friendly Initiative by Michelle LeDrew, RN, MN
- Women's & Newborn Health Program Director, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS BCC BFI Lead Assessor, BCC Assessment Committee Co-Chair.
- Achieving Baby Friendly Culture: How to Sustain BFI Designation by Doris Balcarras RN, IBCLC, Baby-Friendly Lead, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON.
- Laid Back Breastfeeding Support: 40 Years of "Ah-Ha" Moments by Vera Froese, RN, BN, IBCLC, Public Health Nurse, Boundary Trails Southern Health-Sante Sud RHA.
- Medications and Mother's Milk by Brenda Rosenthal B.SC PHARM Drug Information Pharmacist, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg RHA.
2014
- Skin-to-Skin For Mother and Baby at Birth by Louise Dumas, MSN, PHD, professor and researcher in Nursing Sciences in Quebec, part of a Russian-Swedish-Canadian research team studying Russian swaddling and mother-infant separation at birth, BCC BFI Lead Assessor.
- Best Practices and Perinatal Procedures by Louise Dumas.
- Toronto Public Health's Journey to Baby-Friendly Designation and Beyond by Olga Jovkovic, BN, Healthy Families Manager at Toronto Public Health, BFI Lead, Toronto Public Health.
- Manitoba's BFI Success Stories: Bethesda Hospital by Tamara Burnham, BN, Nurse Manager & Shirley Bezditny RHA educator.
- Manitoba's BFI Success Stories: The Pas Primary Health Care Centre by Amy Mink, BN & Patti Banks, BN Public Health Nurses.
2013
- Breastfeeding Our Children for the Health of Our Nation by Stephanie Macdonald, Tsi Non:we Ionnaker-atstha Ona:gratsa' Aboriginal Midwife, IBCLC, Community Breastfeeding Coordinator of Six Nations Health Services of the Grand Territory in Ontario.
2012
- Helping Millennial Moms Breastfeed by Diana West, IBCLC in private practice, co-author of the 8th edition of "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding," "The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk," "Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple procedures," "Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool" and "Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery".
2011
- BFI Community Path by Marianne Brophy, B.Comm, IBCLC, educator and author, WHO/UNICEF Network for BFHI Coordinators in Industrialized Countries, UNICEF Master Educator and Master Assessor in the international BFHI hospital accreditation program.
- Baby Friendly Hospitals by Kathy Venter, RN, IBCLC, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre breastfeeding clinic in Toronto, and BCC BFI Lead Assessor.
- Clinical Issues on the Baby Friendly Trail by Kathy Venter.
- Thompson General Hospital: Lessons Learned by Charlotte Mcivor, RN, Program Manager Maternal Health and Midwifery Burntwood RHA and Audrey Moore, RN, IBCLC Lactation Consultant, Thompson Hospital and Tina Costello, RN, IBCLC Lactation Consultant, Thompson Hospital.
- Bethesda Experience by Patti Fries, RN Facility Manager with Bethesda Hospital and Shirley Bezditny, RN, BN, Staff Development Coordinator for Acute Care with Bethesda Hospital.
- The BFI Journey in Nor-man by Darlene Jackson, RN, Head Nurse with St. Anthony's Hospital and Patti Banks, RN, BN, The Pas Public Health Nurse with Nor-man RHA.
- The Journey to Baby Friendly at Women's Hospital by Kathy Hamelin, RN, MN, IBCLC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Women's Hospital and Janice Gregoire, RN, IBCLC, Clinical Resource Nurse, Women's Hospital.
2010
- Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes and Infant Feeding by Pat Martens, BSc, CertEd, MSc, IBCLC, PhD, epidemiologist and a health services researcher, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.
- Skin to Skin Contact and Psychological Health of the Mother by Isabelle Côté, INF, BSN, IBCLC, the regional lactation consultant at the Public Health Agency in the Laurentians, Quebec, and a BCC BFI Assessor.
- The Quebec Baby Friendly Journey by Isabelle Côté, INF, BSN, IBCLC.
- The Contribution of the Ten Steps to Exclusive Breastfeeding by Kathy Venter, RN, IBCLC at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre breastfeeding clinic in Toronto and BCC BFI Lead Assessor.
- Medicalization of breastfeeding by Marina Green, RN, MSN, IBCLC, a clinical nurse educator at BC Womens & Childrens Health Centre, BCC BFI Lead Assessor and a founding member of the BC Baby-Friendly Network and the Quintessence Foundation.
Older Presentations
- Seeing the big picture: Breastfeeding as part of a primary health care strategy by Pat Martens, BSc, CertEd, MSc, IBCLC, PhD, epidemiologist and a health services researcher, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and researcher with the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.
2018
- Baby Friendly Initiative Ten Steps: Quality Improvement With A Kick! by Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences University of Manitoba
- Supporting Breastfeeding: The How-To Guide for Primary Care by Dr. Christina Raimondi, Dr. Katherine Kearns, in collaboration with Dr. Megan Armstrong.
- Antenatal Breast Expression by Christina Raimondi, Katherine Kearns, Family Physicians at the Prairie Trail Medical Centre, and Breastfeeding Medicine Consultants at the Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre.
- Nipple Shields: Clinical Considerations by Susan Dueck, BN, IBCLC at Brandon Regional Health Centre.
2017
- Baby Friendly: Informed Decision Making Workshop by Kathy Venter, RN, IBCLC at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre breastfeeding clinic in Toronto, Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC) BFI Lead Assessor.
Handouts: - Can breastfeeding protect babies from asthma? New results and current research from the CHILD Study by Meghan Azad, research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba.
- Having All the Right Tools; Breastfeeding Assessment, Support and Documentation by Leanne Horbaty , RN, BN, IBCLC and Susan Waters Larocque, RN, BN, IBCLC, Breastfeeding Service St. Boniface Hospital.
2016
- Breastfeeding as a Rite of Passage: Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities by Melissa Brown, a Registered Indigenous Midwife. Melissa is co-founder of the Manitoba Indigenous Doula Initiative.
- Supporting Maternal Confidence: A Case Report Reflecting Culture, Collaboration, and Communities by Kathy Venter, RN, IBCLC at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre breastfeeding clinic in Toronto, Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC) BFI Lead Assessor.
2015
- Breastfeeding: good for babies and their gut bacteria! By Meghan Azad, a research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba and Lorena Vehling a Masters student and Research Assistant at the University of Manitoba.
- Breastfeeding: Best Practices: What Every Physician Needs to Know by Elske Hildes Ripstein, MD, Children's Hospital Ambulatory Group Pediatrician.
- What Every Physician Needs to Know About Breastfeeding by Susan Waters Larocque, IBCLC, St. Boniface Breastfeeding Service.
2014
- Baby Friendly Initiative Ten Steps: Quality Improvement With a Kick! by Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD, a researcher at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and past researcher with the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, working on the Breastfeeding Friendly Healthcare Project (BFHCP).
- Helping Families Get Through the 2nd Night by Susan Waters Larocque, RN, BA, IBCLC, Breastfeeding Service St. Boniface Hospital.
2012
- When There Is A Will There Is A Way, Strengthening The Intent To Breastfeed by Angela Blouin RN BN IBCLC.
2011
- Factors Predicting the Duration of Babies Being Breastfed by Gloria King, BA, CEO Burntwood RHA.
- Understanding First Nations context and Supporting Breastfeeding in the Strengthening Families Maternal Child Health Program by Wanda Phillips Beck and Gladys Rowe, BSW.
2010
- Pain is NOT normal! Prevention, Assessment and Treatment of Sore Nipples by Kathy Hamelin, RN, MN, IBCLC, Breastfeeding Clinic, Women's Hospital and Marusia Kachkowski, RN, MPH, IBCLC, Winnipeg RHA Public Health.