Information for Healthcare Providers

La Leche League Canada is proud to offer continuing education opportunities for healthcare professionals who support lactating families. Our evidence-based, inclusive workshops and conferences are designed to deepen your knowledge, enhance your clinical skills, and support compassionate, culturally sensitive care. Explore our current offerings that provide CERPs (Continuing Education Recognition Points) and contribute to your professional development.

2025 Healthcare Provider Conference Recording 
(2 L-CERPs, 1 E-CERPs, 3 R-CERPs)
IBCLE Verification Number C2025411

Empowering Conversations: Enhancing Lactation Virtual Support Workshop
La Leche League Canada has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, La Leche League Canada attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions. 

6 L-CERPs in the domain of VII Clinical Skills will be awarded upon successful completion of this course. This course will be repeated.

Feeding Every Mind: Meeting Neurodiverse Families Where They Are
Join Sondra for an engaging and compassionate workshop designed to deepen understanding and build confidence in supporting neurodiverse families on their breastfeeding journey. Together, we’ll explore what neurodiversity really means, how sensory needs, communication styles, and executive functioning can shape feeding experiences, and what practical steps we can take to make support more inclusive. Whether you’re a peer supporter, practitioner, or community helper, this session will offer insights, reflection, and tools to help every family feel seen, understood, and supported, right where they are.
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Nurturing Your Relationship As New Parents
Becoming parents changes everything, including your relationship. This class is designed to support new parents as they navigate shifting roles, emotional needs, communication challenges, and intimacy after a baby arrives. Together, we’ll explore how to stay connected during exhaustion, manage conflict with more compassion, and understand each other’s needs in this new season of life. Through practical tools, guided reflection, and open conversation, you’ll learn how to strengthen your partnership while caring for yourselves and your growing family. This is a supportive, judgment-free space where real experiences are welcome.
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Understanding Lived Experiences: Building Trust and Safety with 2SLGBTQIA+ Families
Sam offers a practical keynote for healthcare providers supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ families through fertility, pregnancy, birth and parenting; highlighting the powerful role inclusive language, trauma-aware care, and everyday actions play in working to build necessary patient safety and trust.
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We appreciate your interest in attending an LLLC Group.

The purpose of an LLLC meeting is to provide peer-based breastfeeding, chestfeeding and human milk feeding support and information to those interested in breastfeeding. LLLC meetings are not breastfeeding classes rather they are interactive discussion groups. The LLLC Leaders at the meeting are responsible for facilitating the discussion and providing attendees with evidence-based information. LLLC Leaders are trained volunteers who have all breastfed or provided human milk for their babies. Healthcare students and professionals may attend and participate in our meetings at the discretion of the Group’s Leaders. Healthcare students are invited to participate in the discussion on a personal level and are asked to not give recommendations or professional advice.

La Leche League Canada supports sharing evidence-based information regarding safe sleep so that parents can make informed decisions.

Please Note: It is important that registered individuals have spoken to an LLLC Leader prior to registering. Not all Groups are open to professionals or students attending their Group. There is a $25 fee.

Please complete a registration form after speaking with an LLLC Leader.

Thank you for your interest in our LLLC Breastfeeding Essentials class. We hope that you will recommend it to your expectant clients and patients.

Healthcare providers are asked to pay a fee of $50 to attend the class which is offered at no cost to those planning on breastfeeding.

This fee will contribute to the valuable work of La Leche League Canada. We appreciate your support. You will receive a receipt for $50 for the cost of the class.

Please register to attend the LLLC Breastfeeding Essentials class here.

 Thursdays, October 29, November 5, and November 12 1-2 pm Eastern Time 
Mondays, November 23, November 30, and December 7 6:30-8:30 pm Eastern Time 

This course is offered entirely online and includes 6 hours of instruction and practice led by experienced instructors.

This interactive course will give IBCLCs, health providers, community workers, and peer supporters an opportunity to learn about and practise effective, empathetic, and empowering communication skills.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• understand the importance of good communication skills when interacting with individuals and families
• demonstrate several communication skills to empower parents and families who are breastfeeding, chestfeeding, or feeding human milk (Listening Skills, Developing Self-Empathy and Empathy, Understanding Communication Styles, Showing Empathy and Providing Emotional Support, Overcoming and Removing Barriers, Re-framing, and Inviting Engagement)
• ask questions to gather necessary and helpful information in order to support breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding
• understand their role in the continuum of breastfeeding support and the importance of working together in the community
• create safer, more respectful, and more inclusive spaces for parents help parents reflect and problem-solve
• identify situations in which parents or families need additional or different kinds of help
• apply communication skills to a variety of helping situations

For more information, please contact Jo-Anne via communicationskills@lllc.ca.
Upcoming course information: Register here
Cost: $25, includes course and materials
Minimum 5, Maximum 12.

La Leche League Canada has been accepted by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a Preferred Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. As a Preferred Provider, La Leche League Canada attests that it complies with the WHO Code and subsequent WHA resolutions.

6 L-CERPs in the domain of VII Clinical Skills will be awarded upon successful completion of this course. This course will be repeated.

Many people contact La Leche League Canada asking how to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). The certification is awarded by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). This organization was launched with the support of La Leche League in 1985. But it is important to know that LLL and IBLCE are two completely separate organizations.

Visit our information page for more information

Coming Soon!

Please register to receive the LLLC Healthcare Provider Newsletter, which is published bi-annually.

Looking for valuable resources to support your community?

Our newly updated LLLC Brochures are designed to engage parents with clear, relevant information. These brochures now feature QR codes that link directly to comprehensive Information Sheets, making it easy for parents to access trusted resources at their convenience. If you’re interested in obtaining these brochures for your practice, we’d love to help!

Reach out to us today via office@LLLC.ca, to request your copies and enhance the support you provide to breastfeeding families.

La Leche League Canada is pleased to offer complimentary Welcome Baby Cards to hospitals, birthing centres, midwifery practices, public health units, physician offices, and other healthcare settings that support new families. 

These cards provide parents with information about free breastfeeding support, local and virtual La Leche League Canada meetings, educational resources, and ways to connect with experienced peer supporters. To help ensure every new family has access to support, LLLC will provide up to one year's worth of Welcome Baby Cards at no cost based on your facility's annual birth volume. 

Whether you support 50 births a year or 5,000, we would be happy to work with you to ensure families leave with information about the support available to them. 

To request Welcome Baby Cards or learn more, please contact us at office@lllc.ca. 

Looking for reliable breastfeeding information?

La Leche League Canada’s Information Sheets are carefully written and reviewed by a team of LLLC Leaders who are also International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). These resources provide evidence-based, practical guidance to support parents on their breastfeeding journey. Covering a wide range of topics, the sheets are designed to be easy to read and highly informative.

Explore the full collection here: LLLC Information for Parents