Symposium
National
Baby-Friend l y I
Dates:
Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17, 2015
Location:
Lister Conference Centre
87 Avenue and 116 Street
Maple Leaf Room
University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
www.conference.ualberta.ca
Vision:
A conference that focuses on the Baby-Friendly
Initiative process and implementation through
networking and sharing.
Goals:
• Participants will understand how the BabyFriendly Initiative works in Canada.
• Participants will share tools for BFI
implementation: knowledge, attitude and
skills.
• Participants will have the opportunity to
network and strengthen the BFI at national
and provincial levels.
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Accomodations:
Campus Tower Suite Hotel
11145-87 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6G 0Y1
T- 780-431-4554| F- 780-433-4410
www.campustower.com
(A block of rooms has been secured.)
Registration:
On-line - go to:
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca/
symposiumregistration
Fees:
Early Bird one day. . $190.00
Early Bird two day. . $250.00
Fees After March 1;
One day. . . . . . . . . . $250.00
Two day. . . . . . . . . . $325.00
Agenda
Speaker Bio’s are available on-line at:
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
Application for CERPS has been submitted.
Special Evening Events:
• Thursday, April 16, 2015
Join us for our Annual General Meeting
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The National Authority for the Baby-Friendly Initiative
L'Organisme national responsable de l'Initiative des amis des bébés
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
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Thursday, April 16, 2015
07:00 am – 08:00 am
Registration
08:00 am
Welcoming Remarks
08:20 am
A Global Perspective of the Baby-Friendly Initiative
09:20 am
The Canadian Perspective of the Baby-Friendly Initiative
10:15 am
Nutrition Break
10:30 am
The Baby-Friendly Initiative Assessment Process
11:30 am
The Language of Latch – Is it Mother or Baby-Friendly?
12:15 pm Lunch Break and Networking
01:00 pm Community Health & Hospital Experiences: The Baby-Friendly Initiative
Assessment Process
03:00 pm
Nutrition Break
03:15 pm
Step 10: Peer Support - Breastfeeding Buddies Project
04:15 pm - 04:30 pm Closing Remarks
Friday, April 17, 2015
07:00 am – 08:00 am
Registration
08:00 am Welcoming Remarks
08:15 am Clinical Practices Supporting the Baby-Friendly Initiative –
Skin to Skin Contact
09:15 am
Clinical Challenges of the Baby-Friendly Initiative –
Non-medical Supplementation
10:15 am
Nutrition Break
10:30 am Supporting the Baby-Friendly Initiative at a Provincial Level –
a Panel Discussion
11:45 am
Lunch Break and Networking
12:45 pm Infant Formula Contracts and the Baby-Friendly Initiative –
a Panel Discussion
02:00 pm
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Baby-Friendly Initiative
03:00 pm
Nutrition Break
03:15 pm
Data Collection and the Baby-Friendly Initiative – a Panel Discussion
04:15 pm - 04:30 pm
Closing Remarks
The National Authority for the Baby-Friendly Initiative
L'Organisme national responsable de l'Initiative des amis des bébés
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca