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CPBF wins EFCNI Award
Font: EFCNI website The EFCNI Award recognizes organisations with excellent engagement and achievements in EFCNI’s spirit for the best...

CPBF
Feb 7, 20201 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: Peer Mentorship and the value of the “lived experience”
By Pam Thomson-Kai Life would never be the same after our son Sawyer was born in 2014, prematurely and with life threatening conditions. ...

CPBF
Feb 3, 20202 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: A Journey’s Story Told Through a Collection of Beads
By Mahyra Mostafa We tend to forget to give credit to ourselves, especially in hard times. Sometimes people around us remind us of how...

CPBF
Jan 6, 20202 min read


Unicorn Moms Unite
When Heather Radford gave birth to her son Gage in January 2015 at 22 weeks and 6 days there was no one she could relate to. At the time,...

CPBF
Dec 5, 20193 min read


CPBF Unicorn Files : Victoria’s Brighter World; A unicorn in a world full of horses
When Victoria DiGiovanni was born she weighed as much as a baseball. She came into the world on July 4, 1995 at 25 weeks gestation. Three...

CPBF
Nov 25, 20192 min read


Raising Awareness About Premature Birth
Kelly and Company - Accessible Media Inc Freelance journalist Meagan Gillmore tells us about how one Canadian organization is raising...

CPBF
Nov 19, 20191 min read


Raising Awareness on World Prematurity Day
OMNINews/Focus Portuguese November 17th is World Premature day. Fabiana Bacchini, executive diretor of the Canadian Premature Babies...

CPBF
Nov 17, 20191 min read


CPBF Celebrates World Prematurity Day with Exciting News!
On Sunday November 17th, World Prematurity Day, we celebrate the 1 in 10 babies around the world who are born too soon! We are so excited...

CPBF
Nov 15, 20193 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: IWK Parents Take YouTube
By Erica Rezpecki There are millions of channels active on YouTube today, but there’s one in particular that you might want to take a...

CPBF
Oct 22, 20193 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: Welcome to the Stollery NICU
By Erica Rezpecki “The NICU can be really overwhelming…unfamiliar sites, sounds and overall uncertainty of a new environment creates...

CPBF
Oct 21, 20193 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: Dad Program
By Erica Rezpecki Imagine a group of men sitting in a small, half-lit movie theatre. On either end of the room, ten-footscreens display...

CPBF
Oct 14, 20193 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: Baby Readers
By Erica Rzepecki Talking and singing to your baby – whether they were born premature or full-term – is incredibly important for their...

CPBF
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: Baby Cuddlers Program
By Erica Rzepecki. There’s something magical about the human touch. This is something Kelly Northrup – a registered nurse in the NICU at...

CPBF
Sep 27, 20193 min read


Nurtured in the NICU: A Look into the NICView
By Erica Rzepecki. For many parents of preemies in the NICU, leaving their baby’s side to attend to their work, family, and personal...

CPBF
Sep 9, 20193 min read


NICU - Film Challenge
In 2017 we put a call out to health care practitioners to participate in our NICU Filmmakers’ Challenge. We offered financial support for...

CPBF
Jul 15, 20191 min read


NICU Experts Showcase
https://www.mynicufamily.com/nicu-experts-showcase-videos

CPBF
Mar 21, 20191 min read


It's November and we're celebrating prematurity awareness!
Please enjoy these free webinars all November. Visit: http://www.nationalperinatal.org/prematurity_awareness?fbclid=IwAR3FXBnb-HSiFmTFiDt...

CPBF
Nov 22, 20181 min read


Advocating for more NICU beds
‘We can’t have a temporary solution.’ Surge in sick babies prompts calls for more planning, funding for Ontario neonatal care When Kelly...

CPBF
Aug 25, 20174 min read


Ethics in Neonatology
Katharina Staub takes a stand on the Canadian Pediatric Society’s Position Statement on: Counselling and Management of Anticipated...

CPBF
Aug 11, 20173 min read


Starting Solids what NICU parents need to know
Feeding can often be an ongoing source of stress and anxiety for NICU families long past discharge home. In this webinar, dietitians will...

CPBF
Mar 23, 20171 min read
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