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Midwifery Sustainability
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Indigenous Midwifery
Find out more about why the restoration and renewal of Indigenous midwifery is one of our four strategic goals.
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Latest News
Midwives host educational event in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
On December 8, the AOM hosted its annual midwifery education day, Midwives in the Legislative Assembly, at Queen’s Park. Midwives educated MPPs on the alignment between addressing midwifery sustainability issues and Ontario’s broader health system goals, as advocated in the AOM’s Roadmap to Health System Integration report. Political Action Lead (PAL) midwives called on MPPs to leverage midwifery expertise to ease the primary care crisis and improve access to families across the province. Midwives championed increased investments for education, support for Indigenous-led apprenticeships and expansion of midwifery-led services across the province.
Lead midwives retreat: Fostering community, leadership and systems change
The Leading Change: Reconnecting with Purpose, Courage and Community professional development event in Caledon, ON, on November 4-5 offered head midwives and other midwifery leaders an opportunity to connect, share ideas and build skills to enhance midwives’ …
Midwives supporting families through loss: Highlights of PAIL's 2025 Connected in Care Conference
Above photo: L-R: Tiffany Fung, RM, Jenna Bly, RM, Althea Jones, RM, and Michelle La Fontaine, Regional Manager at PAIL The Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network hosted its second biannual perinatal loss conference, Connected in Care, from Sep. 24-26, 2025. The event brought toget…
Bringing Birth Home: A Conversation with Dr. Karen Lawford, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) - Indigenous Midwifery
Dr. Karen Lawford is an Anishinaabe midwife from Lac Seul First Nation and was recently named a Canada Research Chair (CRC) - Indigenous Midwifery at McMaster University. We spoke with her about this recognition, her research on evacuation for birth and the future of Indigenous midwifery.
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Ontario midwives practice in clinics in 100 communities across Ontario, from Attawapiskat to Windsor, Belleville to Kenora. Approximately 20% of all births in the province are attended by midwives. You don't need a referral from a doctor to have a midwife, and midwifery care is covered by the health-care system.
Contact a practice in your area to find out more information.