Websites

Global and National Recommendations 

• Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)​
• ​National Guidelines: Breastfeeding (Public Health Agency of Canada) 
• ​WIC Works
• Global Breastfeeding Collective
• ​WABA World Breastfeeding Week
• Safely Fed Canada

Breastfeeding Education and Training

• Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE)
• Liquid Gold Concept: Simulation-based learning in maternal-child care 

Breastfeeding Research/Science

• Human Milk - Tailor Made for Tiny Humans
• Parenting Science Gang - Breastmilk composition and child health​
• MaxiMoM: Maximizing Mothers' Milk for Preterm Infants

Milk Banking/Sharing

• Human milk banking and sharing – La Leche League Canada

Breastfeeding in Emergency and Safety

• Human milk vs. formula in disastrous conditions – University of Sunshine Coast Australia
• Infant and child feeding in emergencies – US Centre for Disease Control
• Breastfeeding and medication – Infant Risk Centre 
• First Exposure

Breastfeeding Support

• MotherToBaby
• Trash the Pump and Dump

Videos

• MILC Club - The Commercialization of Human Milk and the Need for Evidence-Based Policies
• CHILD Cohort Study: New scientific insights into breastfeeding
• TED Talk - What we don't know about mother's milk?
• ​How you can help support a breastfeeding mom
• The Baby-Friendly Initiative: Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities 
• Droplet - First milk matters most
• How Lactation Works - Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM)

Educational Materials

OPHA Breastfeeding Promotion Workgroup

Education Toolkits​

• ​​​Alabama Department of Public Health (Grades K-12): ​click here to download
• Ontario Public Health Association (Grades 9-12): click here download / (available in French)
• Leicestershire Healthy Schools (Grades 9-12): click here download
• Marion County of Public Health Department (Grades 9-12): click here to download
• Breastfeeding More Than Milk (Early Years): click here to download

Presentations

• Mammals Feeding their Babies Since the Beginning of Time
• Celebrity Breastfeeding Tic-Tac-Toe​

Training Courses

• Unlok Education - Human Milk and the Infant Gut Microbiome
• Coursera - Short course on breastfeeding 
• Breast Milk Scientific and Microbiome Courses

Letters and Reports

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• Open letter advocating for private lactation rooms in Manitoba hospitals
• Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding to Advance Women's Health in Canada - A brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Women's Health

Podcasts

• ​ABC Babytalk: Breastmilk Research podcast
• MICROBIOME INSIGHTS: BIOMES Microbiome

Position Statements and Guidelines

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2024), Breastfeeding in emergencies 
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2017), Informal breast milk sharing for the term healthy infant
• Canadian Pediatric Society (2020), Pasteurized and unpasteurized donor human milk​
• ABM Clinical Protocol #14: Breastfeeding-Friendly physician’s office – optimizing care for infants and children – Breastfeeding Medicine journal
• The Operational Guidance on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (OG-IFE) – IFE Core Group
• LactMed
• Infant feeding in disasters and emergencies - American Academy of Pediatrics
• Global strategy for infant and young child feeding – World Health Organization and UNICEF
• Informal peer to peer milk sharing - Perinatal Services BC