This thread has all the parent-led posters presented by parent partners at EPIQ 2026.
Please have a look through to see all the amazing work parent partners are doing across Canada and to learn about the experiences and perspectives of NICU families!
This photo shared by Rena Brito, parent partner in the Calgary Zone NICUs. I love the recognition that patient and family partners will often encounter jargon and need a quick and easy way to indicate something requires further explanation. Just hold it up!
NICU acronym list (editable, please add any acronyms you think would be useful to include!)
A guide on brain health for parents, shared by Dr. Khorshid Mohammad at Alberta Children's Hospital.
Retrieved December 3, 2025.
In 2017, I was a member of Sunnybrook NICU's Family Advisory Committee (FAC) and we reviewed a new document developed to guide a meeting about family-staff interactions in the case of major conflict. Our FAC was chaired by the NICU Family Support Specialist at the time (Kate Robson), who would have been involved in this document's development.
Its called the NICU Commitment to Partnership. A large poster of it is mounted in the public space between the staff NICU entrance and family NICU entrance. Here is a photo, taken October 31, 2025.
Unlocking Insights: How Staff and Family Partners Experience Value in Family Panels (Marion Fernandez, Aly Cuthbert, and Tom Wiebe, BC Women's)