2017 Best Start Resource Centre Annual Conference - Web Coverage

Overview | February 8 (Pre-Conference) | February 9-10 (Main Conference) | Speakers

Post-Conference Coverage

The 2017 Annual Best Start Resource Centre Conference took place from Wednesday February 8^th to Friday February 10^th at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel & Conference Centre. Over the course of the three days, over 600 delegates came together to discuss key issues in maternal and child health, including cannabis use in pregnancy, supporting early childhood development, physical activity and the early years, breastfeeding, prenatal education and the health of Indigenous children and families in Canada. Delegates, including public health nurses, midwives, doulas, physicians, staff from Ontario Early Year’s Centres, breastfeeding supporters, Ontario Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) staff, social workers and more, came from all across Canada to participate.

Explore the pages of this website to learn more about the topics presented at the conference.

Video is also available for some of this year’s keynote presentations and workshops.

• K1 – Application of the Baby-Friendly Initiative in Canada and What's Next?
  Linda Young, MScN, EdD, Director, Maternal Newborn Child Mental Health, Interprofessional Practice and Organizational Learning
• K3 – Supporting Early Child Development: A Life-Course Perspective on Health, Wellness and Success
  Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Pediatrician and Medical Officer of Health, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
• A5 – Helping Caregivers to Tune In to Their Child: Strengthening Relationships and Decreasing Conflict through Temperament Awareness
  Greg Lubimiv, Executive Director, Phoenix Centre for Children and Families
• B5 – The Adverse Childhood Experiences – What does it tell us? Now what?
  Dr. Jean M. Clinton, BMus MD FRCP(C), Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
• C4 – Improving Sleep for Children
  Dr. Robyn Stremler, RN, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, PhD Program, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

This year’s conference was on Twitter, with delegates tweeting using #BSRC2017. Check out the tweets from the conference below.