Baby Friendly Manitoba Conference Friday, September 20, 2013 VISCOUNT GORT 1670 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Toll-free: 1-800-665-1122 Fax: 204-772-2161 View Map here IBCLE CERPS application has been submitted.

FORUM OBJECTIVES

• To provide health professionals with current knowledge and skills so they can support Manitoba mothers in selecting breastfeeding as the exclusive source of nutrition for their babies.
  
  
• To provide health professionals with information regarding their hopital's/ community health office's/region's progress towards Baby Friendly designation.
  
  
• To provide opportunities for regional discussions and planning.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

DIANE WIESSINGER, MS, IBCLC

Diane is a co-author of the 8th edition of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and author and contributing author of numerous breastfeeding resources. A La Leche League Leader since 1985 and IBCLC since 1990. She is a frequent speaker in the US and abroad on the mechanics, behaviours, and support systems involved in successful breastfeeding.

SPEAKERS

STEPHANIE MACDONALD, Midwife, IBCLC

Stephanie is a Mohawk mother of four breastfed children. She is a graduate of Trent University and Tsi Non:we Ionnaker-atstha Ona:gratsa' as an Aboriginal Midwife. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and works as the Community Breastfeeding Coordinator of Six Nations Health Services of the Grand Territory in Ontario.

KATHY VENTER, RN, IBCLC

Kathy works at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre breastfeeding clinic in Toronto. She is a BFI Lead Assessor for the Breastfeeding Committee of Canada. Kathy teaches a 20-hour Level 1 and Level 2 breastfeeding course called "Making a Difference" as well as a one-day physicians' and policy makers' course. Kathy shares her experiences in acute care settings and presents the best practice perspective of Baby-Friendly in a way that empowers those who are in daily contact with mothers and babies.

AGENDA

8:00-8:30	REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
8:30-9:00	WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
9:00-10:15	PLENARY: WHAT WOULD MAMMALS DO? Speaker: Diane Wiessinger What happens to infant feeding when mammals are deprived of their chosen place, time, and sensations of birth? What if the birth is too hard… or too easy? The not-so-surprising implications our mammalian ancestry has for how we give birth and begin the process of mothering in modern America.
10:15-10:35	REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:35-12:05	BABY FRIENDLY BEST PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES Speaker: Kathy Venter This session will showcase the strategies of a practitioner who uses Baby Friendly best practices to promote, support and protect the breastfeeding relationship. As the BFI protects all mothers and babies, case studies will include those babies who are not breastfed.
12:05-1:00	LUNCH BABY FRIENDLY AWARDS BFI PRE-ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP Speaker: Kathy Venter Hospital/Community sites: Bring your binder for review. Meet with Kathy and a Baby Friendly Manitoba assessor candidates to review your binder and your work plan. Please contact Linda Romphf for available times.
1:00-2:30	PLENARY SESSION: TIGERS THROUGH HOOPS Speaker: Diane Wiessinger Baby’s normal, mother’s normal, but something’s going on in that baby’s head that keeps him from breastfeeding. How can we persuade the “psycho-logical non-latcher” that he wants to breastfeed?
2:30-2:50	REFRESHMENT BREAK
2:55-4:00	BREASTFEEDING: OUR CHILDREN FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION Speaker: Stephanie MacDonald Breastfeeding will provide healing in our communities. With the traumatic consequences of Residential Schools still being felt in our families, breastfeeding will be seen as central to helping our communities reclaim families as central to our culture. With the social determinants of health for Aboriginal Woman being the lowest in Canada, we will help women to feel their own strength, which will help raise the next generation to new heights of compassion, knowledge, and culture.
4:00-4:15	CLOSING REMARKS

REGISTRATION

Conference Registration fee (includes lunch): $105
Late Registration (after Sept.10): $130
Fee for students and peer counsellors: $70

ONLINE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

Click here for online registation and payment

FAX OR MAIL REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

Mail a cheque payable to:"Baby Friendly Manitoba".

Fax or Mail your registration to:

Baby Friendly Manitoba
1090C - 300 Carlton Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3M9
Phone: 204-831-9090
Fax: 204-943-5305

Upon receipt of web, faxed or e-mailed registration a spot will be held for you. Confirmation of registration will be sent once payment is received.