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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 1d

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 2d

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 2d

Source: www.who.int/news/item/04...

On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers

Strengthening health systems to support breastfeeding is not just a health imperative, it is a moral and economic imperative. WHO and UNICEF remain committed to supporting countries to build resilient...

www.who.int

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 2d

💡 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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 2d

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 9d

#breastfeeding #chestfeeding #nationalbreastfeedingweek #canadianbreastfeedingweek #sustainability #supportsystems #environment #NBW #NBW2025 #lactation #humanmilk #infantnutrition #communitysupport #infantfeeding #October #Canada #parents #employers #virtual #online

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 9d

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".

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 23d

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...

breastfeedingcanada.ca

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 27d

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · 29d

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 29

La Leche League Canada is inviting you to take part in The Great Canadian LLLatch-On. Celebrate the power of #breastfeeding, strengthen connections in our communities, & make space for families to feel supported & seen.

#NBW2025
#LLLatchOn
#lalecheleaguecanada

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 25

Attendees can be provided with a certificate of attendance and session objectives so that CERPS can be applied for directly by the individual.

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 19

📅 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".
#breastfeeding #chestfeeding #nationalbreastfeedingweek

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 1

🌍This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek, don’t miss this free webinar! We’ll explore real-world ways to transform #lactation care within the #healthcare system.

✅Stories from mothers & country leaders
✅3 new tools to drive national progress
📆5 & 6 Aug 2025 swiy.co/WBW2025

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy #WorldBreastfeedingWeek! Canada's National Breastfeeding Week is marked during the 40th week of the year, typically in October (1st-7th), to reflect the 1st week of a baby's life when #breastfeeding often starts.
🚨View our toolkit!
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca/national-breastfeeding-week-2025

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Jul 30

WHAT: Live Q&A with human milk and breastfeeding researchers! 🤱🏽🧑🏽‍🔬

WHEN: THIS Friday, 11AM-4PM CT / 12PM - 5PM ET

WHERE: www.reddit.com/r/askscience/

NOTE: In order to ask a question, you need to create a (free) Reddit account. You can make an account here: www.reddit.com/register/

#humanmilk

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Jul 21

Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer que la date limite pour soumettre une candidature à Projet collaboratif et communautaire de l’Initiative Amis des bébés (PCC-IAB) a été prolongée de deux semaines. La nouvelle date limite est le jeudi 14 août 2025.

breastfeedingcanada.ca/fr/pcc-iab/

Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Jul 21

We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the Community Baby-Friendly Initiative Collaborative (CBFI-C) has been extended by two weeks. The new deadline is Thursday, August 14, 2025.

breastfeedingcanada.ca/cbfi-c

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Breastfeeding Committee For Canada | Baby Friendly Initiative @bccbfi.bsky.social · Jun 20

In many cultures, it is believed that breastmilk carries the wisdom and healing powers of ancestors. This concept of blood memory is passed down through generations and is believed to be a crucial element in the process of healing and reconciliation.
#indigenouspeoplesday #healthequity #humanmilk

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