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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative
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The BCC is a registered not for profit organization dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) in Canada.
Visit us at www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
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All families deserve evidence-based infant feeding support free from commercial influence.

Mandating the Baby-Friendly Initiative helps protect families, reduces health inequities, & supports informed choices.

Add your voice today: link in comments
#BabyFriendlyCanada #HealthEquity #WriteYourMLA
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Breastfeeding saves lives and #healthcare dollars. Suboptimal #breastfeeding costs Ontario over $130 million annually, with thousands of avoidable hospital visits. Baby-Friendly Care is evidence-based & cost effective.
Tell your MLA it’s time to act: breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Advocating for breastfeeding shouldn’t be complicated.
We’ve launched a downloadable letter you can send your MLA calling for Baby-Friendly care as a standard in Canada
Get it: https://f.mtr.cool/mzwepmjszs

#BabyFriendlyCanada #WriteYourMLA
January 27, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Call for 2026 Board of Directors nominations:

Nomination period:
We invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague (with permission) by midnight (ET) on Friday, February 27, 2026

Learn more:
breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/u...
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Peer support plays a critical role in helping families initiate and sustain breastfeeding. Link in comments:

Speakers:
Nikki Bell (Le Leche League Canada)
Jennifer Quin (Breastfeeding Buddies)
Robyn Brown (Milk Mentors)

#BFI #chestfeeding #breastfeeding #peersupport #babyfriendlyinitiative
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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There's still space available in this upcoming Empowering Conversations course, a highly practical, skills-based workshop designed for IBCLCs, public health nurses, healthcare providers, community workers, and peer supporters.

Special Offer: $25 
6 CERPs 

www.lllc.ca/empowering-conversations
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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May your days be merry and bright, and your nights be filled with peace, closeness, and hope. From all of us at the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada.

#BFI #babyfriendlyinitiative #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #baby #infant #parent
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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As the season invites quiet and closeness, we recognize the bond that allows families to nurture and sustain a child. Wishing families comfort, connection, and well-being this season.

#seasonsgreetings #holidays #bfi #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #parent #family #baby #nurture #sustainability
December 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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The 2025 Cochrane Review validates again that Skin To Skin is a key element of care delivery. 2025 Update integrates the evidence found since 2015.

www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

#skintoskin #kangaroocare #birth #deliveryroom #babyfriendlyinitiative #BFI #breastfeeding #chestfeeding
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Join us for our November 5th BFI Round Table Gathering.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/70d430...

#BFI #babyfriendlyinitiative #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #humanmilk #infantfeeding #healthcare
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Recordings are now available of the virtual speaker series from National Breastfeeding Week 2025!
Go to: shorturl.at/DbU1R

#NBW2025 #nationalbreastfeedingweek #sustainability #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #humanmilk #infantnutrition #canada #healthcare
October 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Join this @UBC WEBINAR:
- Prenatal Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Childhood Autism and Behavior
- How do wildfires shape the health of the next generation?

Register now:
scienceofbirth.ubc.ca/events/regis...

#wildfire #prenatal #smokeinhalation #autism #health #childhood #baby #infant #ubc
October 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Join us for our virtual speaker event today:
Topics include:
- Introduction to #breastfeeding and the #environment & #emergency situations
- Integrating #wildfire risk into #prenatal health promotion

#nationalbreastfeedingweek #sustainability #humanmilk #NBW2025 #infantfeeding
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This #NationalBreastfeedingWeek, we join @WHO & @UNICEF in calling for:
✅ More investment in maternal & newborn care
✅ Educated health workers to support breastfeeding
✅ Stronger community health systems
✅ Protection from harmful marketing practices

#NBW2025 #sustainability #breastfeeding
October 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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💡 Every $1 invested in breastfeeding generates $35* in economic returns. #Breastfeeding is not only a #health imperative, it's an #economic and moral one.
(US Dollars)
#NationalBreastfeedingWeek #PrioritizeBreastfeeding #NBW2025 #chestfeeding #humanmilk #sustainability
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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New from @who.int
2nd edition: Model Chapter for medical textbooks on infant & young child feeding summarizes the essential knowledge that healthcare pros & others need to protect, promote,& support optimal infant and young child feeding. shorturl.at/WcYC7

#NBW2025 #worldbreastfeedingweek
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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During Canada's #NationalBreastfeedingWeek, we call on governments across the country to invest in health systems that support #breastfeeding families.
Breastfeeding saves lives: it's a baby's first vaccine, protecting against diseases like diarrhoea & pneumonia.
#NBW2025 #sustainability #support
October 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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HAPPY NATIONAL BREASTFEEDING WEEK!
Join us today for our first day of virtual presentations. Go to breastfeedingcanada.ca/events to register for today or other days of our speaker series for #nbw2025

#nationalbreastfeedingweek
#breastfeeding
#chestfeeding
#sustainable
#support
October 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Only 2 more days to go!
📅 Register Now 📅 for our October National Breastfeeding Week's FREE Virtual Speaker Series! Link in Bio, or go to www.breastfeedingcanada.ca/events

This year's #NBW2025 theme is "Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create sustainable support systems".
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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WBTi Canada Launch Webinar on October 2nd, 2025:

Join us for the first WBTi Canada Webinar on the inaugural national assessment during National Breastfeeding Week, on October 2nd, 12:00–1:00 PM Eastern Time.

Link to webinar:
meet.google.com/isa-ykzj-ehp
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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You're invited to our upcoming BFI Roundtable!

Please join us on November 5th, 2025 from 12-1:30PM EST.

Register here: bit.ly/4nGObNr

#roundtable #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #lactation #BFI #babyfriendlyinitiative
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Plant A Milk Garden! 🍁🌷🌾This is one way you can celebrate #NationalBreastfeedingWeek in Canada (October 1-7). Watch your #perennial #garden blossom in the future, just like children do.
Get more NBW activity ideas on our website:
breastfeedingcanada.ca/en/national-...

#breastfeeding
#chestfeeding
National Breastfeeding Week 2025 - Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
The theme for this year’s National Breastfeeding Week Toolkit is Prioritising Breastfeeding - Create sustainable support systems. We encourage you to explore the toolkit and see what you, your workpla...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Project focuses on the strategies #healthcare professionals use to advise #pregnant individuals on managing risks related to #wildfires. Seeking to interview those working with pregnant individuals, regardless of whether their region has been directly affected by wildfires. Interviews = 30mins
September 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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How will you celebrate #NationalBreastfeedingWeek, coming up in October?
How about knitting a breast beanie hat!
Find a link to the pattern on our NBW2025 Toolkit page:
breastfeedingcanada.ca/en/national-...

#NBW2025
#canadianbreastfeedingweek
#sustainability
#chestfeeding
#lactation
September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Tell us how you help "sustain and support breastfeeding" in honour of National Breastfeeding Week:
Employers, grandparents, friends, neighbours - anyone can help spread a message of support.

#NBW2025
#nationalbreastfeedingweek
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM