This is not in Ontario, but in Oregon. I went into a Thai restaurant that
had a beautiful asian statue of a breastfeeding mother in the waiting area.
I do not know if they intended it to be a signal that they are
breast-feeding friendly, but it sure gave me that impression. If you're
trying to come up with lowcost ways for public places to make that
statement, pictures/posters or artwork that tastefully depicted
breastfeeding mom/baby dyads would do the trick (and telegraph the message
no matter the language of the viewer).

Tasha



>I know of a mall in Orleans Ontario (just outside Ottawa) "Place
>d'Orleans" which is certainly promoting a breastfeeding-friendly
>environment - they have quite a large room set up with privacy partitions,
>comfortable chairs for feeding, change tables, sinks, etc that is open for
>all moms / families in the mall.  The mall has always had some area set up
>for this purpose, but has recently exapnded and renovated the area - it is
>really very inviting.  I don't know if a policy per say is in place, but
>you could speak to the manager or supervisor of their Customer Service
>department (they are very customer service focused) to get more details.
>As well, Sears in the Fairview Mall in Kitchener, Ontario has a
>breastfeeding room set up for moms with a scale where you can weigh your
>baby and they run breastfeeding support drop-ins there once or twice a
>week as far as I know.
>Hope this has been helpful.
>Chantelle Reid, R.N., BScN
>Public Health Nurse
>Brant County Health Unit
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