In this session, Dr. Lewis, based on research, will highlight what distinguishes high-performing FACs from those that stall or dissolve.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This presentation will offer practical guidance for parents on supporting their other children emotionally, keeping them connected to the family, and helping them cope with fear, confusion, or jealousy.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
Any interpretation of the situation should be placed in the context of socio-economic determinants in First Nations communities (housing, education, income, life expectancy, racism, and discrimination).
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
When examining any health status topic, for example, maternal newborn health, it is much more complex than simply perinatal care, but rather the interconnections between past, present, and future.
“Indigenous knowledge gathering” is introduced as a “research method in a good way: the methodologies arise from the inner spirits that guide us; what speaks to us and how it comes to fruition is the methodology.”
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This talk will kick off HIE Awareness Month with an overview of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy including why we use cooling therapy in the NICU, the importance of brain MRI in neonatal HIE, and how we can support children and their families long-term
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39uk3_JVAo
This session explores how trauma-informed developmental care can move from concept to everyday practice in the NICU.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This week's preemie chats:
"Consumer Products Safety: Safe Sleep "
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This session explores how AI and digital innovation can help NICUs improve communication, surface meaningful insights earlier, reduce burden on care teams, and better support babies and families—while keeping human connection at the center of care.
🗓️ Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Facebook | X | YouTube
Dr. Goswami and Dr. Garfinkle will review the mission and vision of the EPIQ Brain Health Subgroup, focusing on some of the most recent completed and planned initiatives.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This presentation explores how postpartum mental health and cultural expectations shape parent presence in the NICU, particularly for South Asian mothers.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This talk will review the state of skin-to-skin care (SSC) in Canadian NICUs and the ongoing work to develop and implement SSC national recommendations.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This presentation will highlight the work of the Canadian EPIQ-CNN Gut Health Group over the past year and outline key priorities for the year ahead.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This session focuses on the early identification of cerebral palsy (CP) in babies born preterm and on how coordinated, pan-Canadian efforts have changed how early developmental differences are recognized and supported.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
In this talk, we will discuss updates on antenatal steroids and umbilical cord milking.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
The Research-to-Care Outcomes Series for preterm babies - Episode 2 - The Family Voice in Quality Improvement: CPBF’s Parent-Partner Network and EPIQ
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
The Research-to-Care Outcomes Series for preterm babies
E1 - Protecting Preemies: Preventing Infections and Using Antibiotics Wisely
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This weeks talk: "Holding on in the NICU: Small Practices for Hard Moments "
This conversation will explore how we can pause, orient ourselves, and identify what truly helps in moments of uncertainty and stress.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
Save the date, our first webinar of 2026 has officially been scheduled! This event is free and open to all, join our membership to register: stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
In this talk we will highlight the voices of Black parents navigating NICU and beyond. This talk will offer insight for designing equitable and inclusive care and support programs for Black parents and families of preterm infants.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This talk will include a brief review of brain injury and brain development in preterm babies and ways in which we can promote brain development.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EST
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
This week's chat:
Tiny Babies, Big Connections: How Developmental Care Supports Your Baby
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
Register now for a special edition of Preemie Chats in honour of WPD—1pm EST - FRIDAY!
www.cpbf-fbpc.org/wpd-live-events
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgDpHK6ndbY
Dr. Georg Schmölzer will share the incredible story of surfactant—a life-saving substance that helps tiny lungs open and stay open.
This session explores What the Fetus Eats: Placental Transport and Nutrition in Pregnancy
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
In this special edition of the Preemie Chats, we will talk about Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). It is a common illness in young children, but not all families are affected equally.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
In this session, Dr. Eugene Ng will discuss what parents need to know about the revised Canadian Paediatric Society guideline for managing term and late preterm babies with jaundice.
🗓️ When: Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 Where: Facebook | X | YouTube
📣 Webinar Alert – Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants.
Join us for an important conversation on inequities in RSV policies across Canada.
🗓️ October 21
👉 Register here: cpbf-fbpc.org/rsv-webinar #RSVAwareness #CPBF #ProtectPreemies #HealthEquity
In this interactive session, Kristy Wolfe shares her family’s medical journey and invites participants into a conversation about the power of storytelling to support families, amplify lived experience, and foster meaningful conversations with healthcare providers
🗓️ Friday at 1 PM EDT
📍 YouTube