Indigenous Midwifery - Association of Ontario Midwives
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The Indigenous Midwifery team advocates for and supports Indigenous midwifery across Ontario.
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This past week, members of the AOM Indigenous Midwifery (IM) team attended the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Ensemble Conference.
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This past week, members of the AOM Indigenous Midwifery (IM) team attended the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Ensemble Conference.
GNWT has released a What We Heard report on proposed Midwifery Profession Regulations under the HSSPA. The proposal outlines a modernized framework that recognizes Indigenous community-based education pathways and expands scope to better meet community needs.
Read more: www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/...
Read more: www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/...
GNWT releases What We Heard Report for proposed midwifery profession regulations under the Health and Social Services Professions Act | Government of Northwest Territories
The What We Heard Report on proposed Midwifery Profession Regulations is now out. Between May 8 and June 12, 2025, midwives, Indigenous governments, partners, and the public were invited to share thei...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
GNWT has released a What We Heard report on proposed Midwifery Profession Regulations under the HSSPA. The proposal outlines a modernized framework that recognizes Indigenous community-based education pathways and expands scope to better meet community needs.
Read more: www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/...
Read more: www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/...
Evacuation for birth separates families from community and culture, creating harm. This Radio-Canada piece shares experiences and calls for supports to bring birth home and strengthen Indigenous midwifery.
Read: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Note: Article is in French
Read: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Note: Article is in French
Accouchements autochtones : isolement et défis culturelles
Des femmes autochtones évacuées pour accoucher subissent de l'isolement, selon des expertes. Elles appellent à renforcer le rôle des sages-femmes autochtones.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Evacuation for birth separates families from community and culture, creating harm. This Radio-Canada piece shares experiences and calls for supports to bring birth home and strengthen Indigenous midwifery.
Read: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Note: Article is in French
Read: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Note: Article is in French
For the first time in over 50 years, a baby was born at home in Kanesatake. The birth took place at home and in community, supported by Indigenous midwives and birth keepers working to reclaim Indigenous birthing traditions.
Watch the full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6gK...
#bringbirthhome
Watch the full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6gK...
#bringbirthhome
Indigenous midwifery revival sees first home birth in 50 years in Kanehsatà:ke | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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October 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For the first time in over 50 years, a baby was born at home in Kanesatake. The birth took place at home and in community, supported by Indigenous midwives and birth keepers working to reclaim Indigenous birthing traditions.
Watch the full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6gK...
#bringbirthhome
Watch the full story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6gK...
#bringbirthhome
The AOM and IM team stands in solidarity with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in honouring the children who never returned home, the survivors of residential schools and the countless Indigenous families who continue to experience intergenerational trauma caused by colonial policies.
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The AOM and IM team stands in solidarity with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in honouring the children who never returned home, the survivors of residential schools and the countless Indigenous families who continue to experience intergenerational trauma caused by colonial policies.
The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice is hosting the Survivors Circle Monthly Webinar: The Truth & Reconciliation of Forced & Coerced Sterilization.
Date: Mon, Sept 29, 2025 • Time: 3 PM ET • Location: Zoom (register by email)
To register: events@reproductivejusticesurvivors.ca
Date: Mon, Sept 29, 2025 • Time: 3 PM ET • Location: Zoom (register by email)
To register: events@reproductivejusticesurvivors.ca
September 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice is hosting the Survivors Circle Monthly Webinar: The Truth & Reconciliation of Forced & Coerced Sterilization.
Date: Mon, Sept 29, 2025 • Time: 3 PM ET • Location: Zoom (register by email)
To register: events@reproductivejusticesurvivors.ca
Date: Mon, Sept 29, 2025 • Time: 3 PM ET • Location: Zoom (register by email)
To register: events@reproductivejusticesurvivors.ca
Read our Q&A with Dr. Karen Lawford, an Anishinaabe midwife from Lac Seul First Nation, about her recent appointment as Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Midwifery at McMaster University - the first CRC position ever allocated to any midwifery field.
Link: www.ontariomidwives.ca/bringing-bir...
Link: www.ontariomidwives.ca/bringing-bir...
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Read our Q&A with Dr. Karen Lawford, an Anishinaabe midwife from Lac Seul First Nation, about her recent appointment as Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Midwifery at McMaster University - the first CRC position ever allocated to any midwifery field.
Link: www.ontariomidwives.ca/bringing-bir...
Link: www.ontariomidwives.ca/bringing-bir...
Kenhtè:ke Midwives are featured in Canadian Patient Safety Week’s All Voices for Safer Care series. Learn how they deliver culturally grounded, whole-person maternal and newborn care, and how strong partnerships support safer care.
Read more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/resources...
Read more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/resources...
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Kenhtè:ke Midwives are featured in Canadian Patient Safety Week’s All Voices for Safer Care series. Learn how they deliver culturally grounded, whole-person maternal and newborn care, and how strong partnerships support safer care.
Read more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/resources...
Read more: www.healthcareexcellence.ca/en/resources...
The SRPC is hosting Rural Reach Indigenous Education Series: Indigenous Women’s Determinants of Health & Illness in Medicine with Dr. Terri Aldred. Thu, Sept 25, 2025 • 8 PM ET • Zoom (link in confirmation email). Details & registration: srpcportal.ca/event-6315256
September 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The SRPC is hosting Rural Reach Indigenous Education Series: Indigenous Women’s Determinants of Health & Illness in Medicine with Dr. Terri Aldred. Thu, Sept 25, 2025 • 8 PM ET • Zoom (link in confirmation email). Details & registration: srpcportal.ca/event-6315256
Supporters of Indigenous midwifery are getting younger! Born with midwifery care, Derek Blais and his son Sebastian love Indigenous Midwives. The future is looking bright!! #bringbirthhome #indigenousmidwifery
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Supporters of Indigenous midwifery are getting younger! Born with midwifery care, Derek Blais and his son Sebastian love Indigenous Midwives. The future is looking bright!! #bringbirthhome #indigenousmidwifery
What a great time at the Chiefs of Ontario 2025 First Nations Community Wellness Conference. Indigenous midwifery was well represented throughout the conference, with workshops including "Bringing Birth Home: Indigenous Midwifery in First Nations Community Wellness" from our own IM team!
August 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What a great time at the Chiefs of Ontario 2025 First Nations Community Wellness Conference. Indigenous midwifery was well represented throughout the conference, with workshops including "Bringing Birth Home: Indigenous Midwifery in First Nations Community Wellness" from our own IM team!
Today is the last day to register for the 2025 Indigenous Milk Medicine Conference! Don't miss out on this virtual gathering rooted in community care, ceremony, and Indigenous first food knowledge passed through generations.
Register here: indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-m...
Register here: indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-m...
August 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today is the last day to register for the 2025 Indigenous Milk Medicine Conference! Don't miss out on this virtual gathering rooted in community care, ceremony, and Indigenous first food knowledge passed through generations.
Register here: indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-m...
Register here: indigenousmilkmedicineweek.regfox.com/indigenous-m...
Great News! Ontario is investing up to $250,000 in the Onkwehón:we Midwives Collective in Akwesasne. This means not only more midwifery services, but the continuation of care that respects and revitalizes traditions that have existed long before provincial health systems ever arrived.
July 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Great News! Ontario is investing up to $250,000 in the Onkwehón:we Midwives Collective in Akwesasne. This means not only more midwifery services, but the continuation of care that respects and revitalizes traditions that have existed long before provincial health systems ever arrived.
The South Island Indigenous Midwifery Service in BC has had to shut down due to funding cuts, despite reducing child apprehensions by 70% and serving 130 clients with proven outcomes.
Sign the Save Our SIIMS letter: win.newmode.net/ncim/saveour...
Read more: thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
#SaveOurSIIMS
Sign the Save Our SIIMS letter: win.newmode.net/ncim/saveour...
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#SaveOurSIIMS
July 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The South Island Indigenous Midwifery Service in BC has had to shut down due to funding cuts, despite reducing child apprehensions by 70% and serving 130 clients with proven outcomes.
Sign the Save Our SIIMS letter: win.newmode.net/ncim/saveour...
Read more: thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
#SaveOurSIIMS
Sign the Save Our SIIMS letter: win.newmode.net/ncim/saveour...
Read more: thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
#SaveOurSIIMS
June 21st marks the summer solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day. The longest day of the year holds deep spiritual significance, a sacred time honoured for generations. Today we celebrate the rich heritage and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across Turtle Island.
June 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
June 21st marks the summer solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day. The longest day of the year holds deep spiritual significance, a sacred time honoured for generations. Today we celebrate the rich heritage and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across Turtle Island.
Congratulations to AOM Indigenous Midwifery team member, Diane Simon, on receiving the Harvey E. Longboat Graduate Scholarship! Diane is a Policy Analyst and Mi'kmaw midwife, and she is in her first year of Health Research Methodology PhD at McMaster. Congratulations, Diane! #IndigenousMidwifery
June 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Congratulations to AOM Indigenous Midwifery team member, Diane Simon, on receiving the Harvey E. Longboat Graduate Scholarship! Diane is a Policy Analyst and Mi'kmaw midwife, and she is in her first year of Health Research Methodology PhD at McMaster. Congratulations, Diane! #IndigenousMidwifery
June marks National Indigenous Histories Month, a time to celebrate the rich cultures and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples while engaging in reconciliation work. We are committed to supporting the restoration of Indigenous midwifery practices and bringing birth back to communities
June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
June marks National Indigenous Histories Month, a time to celebrate the rich cultures and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples while engaging in reconciliation work. We are committed to supporting the restoration of Indigenous midwifery practices and bringing birth back to communities
Quebec has officially recognized community-based Indigenous midwifery training. The amendment allows Indigenous midwifery trainees to engage in all professional acts, providing the essential experience to complete certification as fully licensed midwives.
Read more www.creehealth.org/historicmile...
Read more www.creehealth.org/historicmile...
Historic Milestone Achieved for Cree Midwifery in Eeyou Istchee
A significant advancement for Eeyou-Eenou (Cree) midwifery in Eeyou Istchee has been reached with the recent changes to the Regulation respecting professional acts that persons other than midwives may...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Quebec has officially recognized community-based Indigenous midwifery training. The amendment allows Indigenous midwifery trainees to engage in all professional acts, providing the essential experience to complete certification as fully licensed midwives.
Read more www.creehealth.org/historicmile...
Read more www.creehealth.org/historicmile...
For the first time in over 60 years, a baby was born on Kehewin Cree Nation, Alberta, thanks to a community midwifery program that centers traditional Cree birthing practices.
Watch this incredible story:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1M...
Read the full article: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Watch this incredible story:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1M...
Read the full article: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Traditional births return to Kehewin Cree Nation after 60 years
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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May 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
For the first time in over 60 years, a baby was born on Kehewin Cree Nation, Alberta, thanks to a community midwifery program that centers traditional Cree birthing practices.
Watch this incredible story:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1M...
Read the full article: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Watch this incredible story:: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1M...
Read the full article: www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
We're excited to share news about Spirit of Birth, a documentary series on APTN Lumi.
Host Rebeka Tabobondung (Anishinabe) journeys across Turtle Island to explore how Indigenous midwives and birth workers are restoring traditional practices within their communities.
Watch now: aptnlumi.ca/home
Host Rebeka Tabobondung (Anishinabe) journeys across Turtle Island to explore how Indigenous midwives and birth workers are restoring traditional practices within their communities.
Watch now: aptnlumi.ca/home
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We're excited to share news about Spirit of Birth, a documentary series on APTN Lumi.
Host Rebeka Tabobondung (Anishinabe) journeys across Turtle Island to explore how Indigenous midwives and birth workers are restoring traditional practices within their communities.
Watch now: aptnlumi.ca/home
Host Rebeka Tabobondung (Anishinabe) journeys across Turtle Island to explore how Indigenous midwives and birth workers are restoring traditional practices within their communities.
Watch now: aptnlumi.ca/home
May 5 is Red Dress Day, and the AOM & Indigenous Midwifery team stand in solidarity demanding justice
By bringing birth back to communities, we advocate for First Nations, Inuit and Métis babies to be born on their own land with Indigenous midwives, creating stronger communities and safer healthcare
By bringing birth back to communities, we advocate for First Nations, Inuit and Métis babies to be born on their own land with Indigenous midwives, creating stronger communities and safer healthcare
May 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
May 5 is Red Dress Day, and the AOM & Indigenous Midwifery team stand in solidarity demanding justice
By bringing birth back to communities, we advocate for First Nations, Inuit and Métis babies to be born on their own land with Indigenous midwives, creating stronger communities and safer healthcare
By bringing birth back to communities, we advocate for First Nations, Inuit and Métis babies to be born on their own land with Indigenous midwives, creating stronger communities and safer healthcare
🔍 Looking for an Indigenous Midwifery Program in Ontario?
Dilico Family Clinic (Fort William First Nation)
K'Tigaaning Midwives (Nipissing First Nation)
Kenhté:ke Midwives (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
Onkwehon Midwives (Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne)
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Dilico Family Clinic (Fort William First Nation)
K'Tigaaning Midwives (Nipissing First Nation)
Kenhté:ke Midwives (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
Onkwehon Midwives (Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne)
(more below in comments)
April 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🔍 Looking for an Indigenous Midwifery Program in Ontario?
Dilico Family Clinic (Fort William First Nation)
K'Tigaaning Midwives (Nipissing First Nation)
Kenhté:ke Midwives (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
Onkwehon Midwives (Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne)
(more below in comments)
Dilico Family Clinic (Fort William First Nation)
K'Tigaaning Midwives (Nipissing First Nation)
Kenhté:ke Midwives (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
Onkwehon Midwives (Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne)
(more below in comments)
Today we commemorate National Indigenous Languages Day. Indigenous languages are fundamental to culture and traditions, having endured despite colonial attempts to eradicate them. The AOM and the Indigenous Midwifery team support language revitalization alongside bringing birth back to communities.
March 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today we commemorate National Indigenous Languages Day. Indigenous languages are fundamental to culture and traditions, having endured despite colonial attempts to eradicate them. The AOM and the Indigenous Midwifery team support language revitalization alongside bringing birth back to communities.
Just found out you're pregnant? Reach out to an Indigenous Midwife today. Your midwife provides complete care throughout pregnancy, including:
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Gynecological care
• Primary care
• Community Education
• Cultural Support
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Gynecological care
• Primary care
• Community Education
• Cultural Support
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just found out you're pregnant? Reach out to an Indigenous Midwife today. Your midwife provides complete care throughout pregnancy, including:
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Gynecological care
• Primary care
• Community Education
• Cultural Support
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Gynecological care
• Primary care
• Community Education
• Cultural Support
Indigenous midwives are not just clinicians and providers of maternity care.
They are educators, historians and knowledge keepers, who do the profound work of restoring the ritual and ceremony of birth and through this work they return health and wellness to Indigenous communities.
They are educators, historians and knowledge keepers, who do the profound work of restoring the ritual and ceremony of birth and through this work they return health and wellness to Indigenous communities.
March 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Indigenous midwives are not just clinicians and providers of maternity care.
They are educators, historians and knowledge keepers, who do the profound work of restoring the ritual and ceremony of birth and through this work they return health and wellness to Indigenous communities.
They are educators, historians and knowledge keepers, who do the profound work of restoring the ritual and ceremony of birth and through this work they return health and wellness to Indigenous communities.