What you can do in the NICU
What you can do in the NICU
Our mission is to support and educate Canadian families of premature babies every step of the way – before, during and after their NICU stays.
Our vision is to create a brighter future for all premature babies and those who care for them.

Don't miss our LIVE PREEMIE CHATS with an Expert, every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. Join on Facebook or YouTube or Twitter

Preemie Chats - Live Video Series

Below you can find our virtual educational sessions tailored to NICU parents and healthcare professionals. The sessions are interactive; you can join LIVE every Friday at 1pm EST either on our Facebook, Twitter or YouTube pages. This is a great opportunity to chat with experts, researchers, and parents from all over the world.
Supporting the Educational Needs of Children Born Prematurely
| January 2022
The Limits of Viability
| January 2022
Understanding The Complexity of NICU-To-Home Transitions For Adolescent Parents
| January 2022
A Story of Resilience and Determination - an in-depth interview with an Adult Preemie born at 23 weeks and her Mother
| February 2022
Preterm Brain Injury
| February 2022
Honouring Indigenous Parents and Families as their Children’s First Teachers
| February 2022
Perinatal Palliative Care in Ottawa:
A Collaborative Initiative
| February 2022
Cell Therapy for Complications of Extreme Prematurity: A New Hope
| February 2022
Your Child has a Disability:
When Doctors Break The Bad News
| March 2022
Dreaming Big: Weaving a tighter fit between family integrated and the functioning of a busy NICU
| March 2022
Creating a Healthier Tomorrow for Babies and Children
| April 2022
Steroids during Pregnancy to help Babies born too soon
| April 2022
The Butterfly Project: Supporting Parents following baby loss from a multiple pregnancy
| April 2022
Breathe, baby Breathe! Neonatal Intensive Care, Prematurity, and Complicated Pregnancies.
| April 2022
Kangaroo Care Day - Doris Dickson, Hollis Wakefield, Laila Adam and Jason Rowell
| May 2022
Celebrating National Nursing Week
| May 2022
Vision Health Month: ROP
| May 2022
We thank Astra Zeneca for making this program possible.

Big Data for Tiny Babies
| January 2021
IVH and the Preterm Brain
| January 2021
Grief and Giving Back
| January 2021
More than Medical: Research to Support NICU Families
| January 2021
An Adult Preemie Tells Her Story
| February 2021
LGBTQ+ in the NICU
| February 2021
PDA and Preemies
| February 2021
Preemie Chats - Janet Narciso - Parents in Rounds
| February 2021
Preemie Chats - Covid-19 One Year in Review
| March 2021
Covid 19 - One Year in Review - Part 2
| March 2021
"Jacob's Journey: The Boy Born Early" - A Story About the NICU Experience
| March 2021
Feeding my baby in the NICU: Why is it so complicated? - Dr. Douglas Campbell
| March 2021
Homeward Bound - Part 1
| April 2021
Homeward Bound - Part Two
| April 2021
Managing Pain into the Toddler Years and Beyond
| April 2021
Optimizing Critical Care for Premature Babies: Shifting Paradigms in NICUs?
| April 2021
Prematurity and Autism Spectrum Disorder
| April 2021
Vision Development from Infancy to Childhood
| May 2021
Preeclampsia and Maternal Health after Pregnancy + How Pre-eclampsia & HELLP changed my life.
| May 2021
Father's Day - A Q&A with Joseph Tito about his journey to becoming a single father of twins.
| June 2021
Preterm Birth and Adult Health
| May 2021
Transferring your baby from a Level III NICU - 'What, Why and How'!
| June 2021
What has happened to fathers in the NICU during the pandemic: An international study.
| June 2021
Short and Long-Term Impact of Prematurity on the Siblings
| June 2021
Supporting the Growth and Development of the Preterm Baby
| July 2021
Supporting the well-being of parents of babies born pre-term + Pregnancy events and maternal health
| July 2021
Facilitating Young Children's Language Development
| July 2021
What is the Role of a Postpartum Doula?
| July 2021
NICU Transition- Home and Beyond
| July 2021
RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS :Is there a possibility of off-season surge?
| August 2021
WBW – Part 1 – Understanding Necrotizing Enterocolitis
WBW – Part 2 – Breastfeeding benefits and Human Milk Banks. ( starts at 46min)
WBW – Part 3 – The Powerful Role of Breastmilk Cells in Preventing Illnesses (starts at 1h46min)
| July 2021
Brain Injury is Not a Death Sentence
| September 2021
Whats new in the maternal milk?
| September 2021
Supporting parent transition to rehabilitation services
| September 2021
The F-Words in Childhood Disability
| October 2021
How to protect your baby this winter
| October 2021
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network: Awareness Matters
| October 2021
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and preterm chronic lung disease
| October 2021
What you need to know about Parental Leave
| October 2021
Redefining outcomes that are meaningful to parents
| November 2021
WPD DAY TIME - EVENING EDITION| November 2021
The Preterm Kidneys
December 2021