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• BCAPOP's Introduction to Supporting Chest/Breastfeeding for Pregnancy Outreach Workers (Online/Live)

  • When
    May 20, 2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Course Description

  This three-hour interactive online workshop provides pregnancy outreach workers with basic information to ensure that they can support perinatal people on their chest/breastfeeding journey with evidence-based information in a community setting.  The facilitator, Hayley Bentley, RN, will provide an overview of best-practice guidelines, chest/breastfeeding basics, common early lactation and feeding challenges. Registrants will learn the indicators for making appropriate referrals and connecting participants to external community and clinical resources. All registrants will receive access to a printable guide outlining the key referral indicators and potential referral options. 

  Learning Objectives

  By the end of this workshop, registrants will be able to:

  • Know where to access up-to-date evidence-based guidelines and information about chest/breastfeeding to share with participants
  • Share with participants the key benefits of chest/breastfeeding for both the lactating parent and their infant
  • Share with participants what feeding patterns to expect from their healthy newborn and what responsive feeding is
  • Recognize key indicators for early feeding challenges and the need to refer to external professionals

  Facilitator

  Hayley Bentley is a Registered Nurse with a background in working with infants, children, and families since she graduated from Thompson Rivers University in 2015. Hayley has grown up on the unceded territory of the Secwepemc where she is grateful to work, play and raise her own family.

  As a Registered Nurse and mother of 5, Hayley recognizes the importance of building a strong supportive network for pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond. Hayley is dedicated to providing families with evidence-based information and passionate about increasing the self-efficacy of perinatal people to make informed decisions. With many years experience as a public health nurse, Hayley has demonstrated skills in building strong therapeutic relationships, which support each individual’s and families' unique needs. Hayley is committed to creating a safe and positive learning environment that fosters growth and confidence. Hayley recognizes that everyone has a unique experience with pregnancy, postpartum, and/or the early parenting stages. Hayley’s passion for perinatal education come from her own personal birth experiences and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to support HUB participants.

  Outside of her role at The Pregnancy HUB, Hayley enjoys shuttling her kids back and forth to activities, spending time outdoors, watching her children play sports and running.

  

  REGISTRATION IS NON-REFUNDABLE

  Tickets are transferable to another individual, please email admin@bcapop.ca for any name substitutions. Registration is not complete until payment is received and this event is not being recorded. 

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• BCAPOP's Online Perinatal Substance Use Education Day (Live)

  • When
    June 23, 2026
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    9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Registrants will have the opportunity to attend live/online sessions throughout the day focused on best practices, program overviews, and current research related to supporting perinatal people who use substances. The day promises to be engaging, fast-paced, and interactive, with opportunities for attendees to ask presenters questions. 

  The full day's agenda and additional speakers will be released closer to the event date. This event will be recorded and available to registrants to view up to 14 days after the release date. 

  Keynote Presenter:
  Heather Cameron, RN 
  Executive Director, British Columbia Association of Pregnancy Outreach Programs

  Perinatal Substance Use (PSU) Support Skills: Parenting-Friendly Relapse Prevention Planning and Parenting Safety Plans

  In this keynote session, attendees will review perinatal substance use (PSU) best practices and explore practical tools to better support perinatal people who use substances. Two tools that will be explored in-depth include parenting-friendly relapse prevention plans and parenting safety plans and how to support perinatal people to create and implement them.

  Heather will share both professional and lived-experience examples to help attendees envision how these tools can be implemented in real-life, day-to-day practice scenarios. Printable resources will be provided to all attendees.

  By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the key aspects of creating a parenting-friendly relapse prevention plan, including strategies to ensure the plan is practical and family-centered

  • Describe the key aspects of a parenting safety plan and identify common planning pitfalls to avoid

  • Support perinatal people to create and implement relapse prevention and parenting safety plans in a way that increases their capacity to parent safely while addressing their substance use disorder

  Keynote's Bio:

  Heather Cameron is honoured to work, play and live on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Secwepemc Nation.  Heather is a Registered Nurse with a Perinatal Specialty Certificate who has been working with pregnant people in a variety of settings since 2005.  Her experience includes program planning, public speaking, and spearheading community development events. As a Registered Nurse, Heather has worked in several fields including withdrawal management, labour & delivery, and maternity.  

  Heather has a proven track record of being able to bring communities together with her experience organizing conferences, creating grass-roots programs, and influencing system changes at the local, regional, and provincial levels.  Two projects that Heather is most proud of include a peer-based recovery support group for birth parents affected by substance use, Mothers for Recovery, and the Healthy Care Pregnancy Program that supports perinatal people who use substances.  Heather may be most well-known for her Perinatal Substance Use Training that she created and has been presenting since 2007 throughout BC, Canada and beyond.  Her volunteer involvement on a variety of committees including Foundry Kamloops, Make Children First, Perinatal Connections, Raise-a Reader, and S.W.A.T. (Sex Workers Accessing Treatment) has influenced Heather’s knowledge base and ability to create impactful change within communities.  

  REGISTRATION IS NON-REFUNDABLE

  Discount group ticketing is available for four or more more tickets, please email admin@bcapop.ca for pricing. Tickets are transferable to another individual, please email admin@bcapop.ca for any name substitutions. Registration is not complete until payment is received.

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• BCAPOP's Online Conference for Helping Peers (Recorded Video)

  • When
    January 31, 2028
  • Location
    Recorded Video

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  BCAPOP's Online Conference for Helping Peers

  You will have access to the recording once you receive your confirmation email. 

  This recorded conference is FREE and open to all helping peers in BC who support pregnant, postpartum or early parenting people who have a history of substance use.  Please join us for insightful learning, self-reflection, and skill development.
  

  Conference Highlights

  

  
  

  FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM AVAILABLE HERE 

  Originally recorded January 13th, 2026. 

  
  

  In order to preserve registrants' confidentiality  and anonymity, BCAPOP used Zoom Webinar and registrants' video profiles were disabled. This free recording will be available until January 31, 2028.

  
  

  BCAPOP gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Provincial Perinatal Substance Use Program, BC Women's Mental Health and Substance Use Programs + Initiatives for this event.
  

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