Speaking

Increasing Food Security: The Critical Role of Breastfeeding, Gold Lactation Ethics Bundle, June 2024 (Lactation Care) (Oral).

Informed Decision Making: Gaining Skills with Tricky Breastfeeding-Related Conversations, New Zealand Lactation Consultant Association, February 2024 (Lactation Care) (Oral).

The Art of Informed Decision Making: Mastering Challenging Conversations with Confidence, Texas-wide Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Conference, June 2023 (Lactation Care) (Oral).

Informed Decision Making: Gaining Skills & Confidence with Tricky Conversations, Gold Lactation international conference, April 2023 (Lactation Care) (Oral).

Prenatal Breastfeeding: Prepping Before the Baby, Birth to Baby Online Conference, March 2021 (Lactation Care) (Oral).

Introducing Globally Relevant Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Protocols to Enhance Consistent Practice, International Lactation Consultant Association, July 2019, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (BFI Strategy) (Oral).

Unpacking Infant Formula Feeding: What is Best Practice? Ontario Public Health Association (Nutrition Resource Centre), Toronto, ON, November 2019 (BFI Strategy) (Poster).

 Informed Decision Making: Having Meaningful Infant Feeding Conversations, Canadian Association of Midwives, Gatineau, QC, October 2018 (BFI Strategy for Ontario) (Poster).

 Infant Feeding Protocols, A Cross-Organizational, Cross-Provincial Initiative, Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Network (CAPWHN), Ottawa, October 2018 (CMNRP Work Group) (Oral).

 Infant Feeding Key Messages: A Prenatal Toolkit for Health Care Providers, Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Network (CAPWHN), Ottawa, October 2018 (BFI Strategy) (Oral).

Overview of BFI Strategy for Ontario Resources, Ottawa Valley Lactation Consultants, 20th Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON, April 2016 (BFI Strategy) (Oral).

 Formula Feeding: Exploring a New Parent Resource, Best Start Resource Centre conference, Toronto, ON, February 2016 (BFI Strategy) (Oral).

Hand Expression: Empowering Nurses, Ottawa Valley Lactation Consultants, 18th Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON, April 2014 (Independent) (Oral).

 Hand Expression of Breast Milk: Empowering Nurses to Embrace this Simple Yet Powerful Practice, CAPWHN (Canadian Association of Perinatal and Women’s Health Nurses), 3rd National Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, November 2013 (Independent) (Poster).

Teaching Nurses Hand Expression: A Quality Improvement Project, Poster presentation, 23rd  INFACT (Infant Feeding Action Coalition) Conference, Toronto, ON, October 2013 (Independent) (Poster).

 Formula Supplementation: Benign or Not? Champlain Maternal Newborn Regional Program, 3rd Annual Champlain Maternal Newborn Conference, Ottawa, ON, May 2013 (Independent) (Oral).

 Teaching Nurses Hand Expression: A Quality Improvement Project, Tau Gamma Chapter Research Conference, Ottawa, ON, April 2013 (Independent) (Poster). 

Best Start by Health Nexus and Life with a Baby, Being Pregnant and Having a Baby During the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 2020).

 BFI Strategy for Ontario webinar, Resources, Resources, Learn All About Them re Clinical Practice Options two-part resource (February 2019).

 British Columbia Ministry of Health and Perinatal Services BC webinar, BC Formula Resource (December 2018). This resource was adapted from the BFI Strategy for Ontario so spoke to history, evidence, process.

 BFI Strategy for Ontario webinar, Formula Feeding, Exploring a New Parent Resource (February 2016).

 BFI Strategy for Ontario webinar, Supporting Informed Decision Making and New Formula Resource (October 2015).