Midwives should be key collaborators in integrated health systems
Date: June 18, 2024
By Angela Freeman, RM, MSc Arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the end of April, I had just completed an intensive fellowship as an embedded researcher within an Ontario Health Team (OHT). Steeped for ten months within the regional level of Ontario’s health-care reforms, I was ecstatic to b…
Ontario midwives gather at OMC 2024, Head Midwives Forum and the Midwifery Sustainability Roundtable to vision futures of midwifery
Date: June 5, 2024
“We cannot leave one midwife behind” – Carol Couchie, IM, NCIM leader, and Indigenous Midwifery Policy Analyst at the AOM Over 200 midwives gathered from across the province last week for the Head Midwives Forum, OMC 2024 and the Midwifery Sustainability Roundtable to discuss, collaborate…
2024 Pride Month: A declaration of collective identity and resilience
Date: June 5, 2024
Pride Month is a time to recognize and honour the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, celebrating its diversity and advocating for equitable access to health care for all people. Through the month of June, several Pride events and activities are scheduled across the province. This time also calls for acknowledgm…
Valuing the work of midwife preceptors
Date: May 15, 2024
Registered midwife preceptors play a pivotal role in the clinical education of student midwives and are essential for growing the profession. Despite dramatic increases in cost of living, for almost 30 years the midwife preceptor stipend remained stagnant at only $500 per month and did not reflect …
Honouring midwives and upholding human rights this IDM
Date: May 1, 2024
May 5 marks the International Day of the Midwife. In recognition of this day, the AOM would like to honour and acknowledge all midwives who uphold the rights and dignity of birthing people and newborns, especially those midwives living and working in crisis situations in areas such as Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine, Yemen and Haiti.
Honouring Dr. Sylvia Maracle at the Ontario Midwifery Conference, May 28, 2024
Date: April 30, 2024
The AOM is honoured to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of Dr. Sylvia Maracle (Skonaganleh:ra), Wolf Clan, from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, whose pivotal role in the advancement of Indigenous midwifery in Ontario will be recognized at the Ontario Midwifery Conference (OMC) on May 28, 2024…
AOM Indigenous Midwifery team attends inaugural First Nations Community Wellness Conference 2024
Date: April 3, 2024
The AOM Indigenous Midwifery (IM) delegation had the honour of attending the inaugural First Nations Community Wellness Conference (FNCWC) in Toronto from March 19-21, 2024. The event, organized by the Chiefs of Ontario, served as a forum for over 750 participants with the united goal of improving community wellness among Ontario First Nations. The conference was a collaboration across sectors, including Ontario First Nations Leadership, First Nations community workers and government representatives from across Ontario.
AOM advocates for prescribing to scope of practice
Date: March 19, 2024
The AOM has joined a coalition of Ontario health professions, including nurse practitioners, pharmacists, naturopaths, chiropodists and optometrists, advocating for providers to prescribe to their scope of practice. The coalition aims to identify principles and a framework for prescribing authority…
ESW 2023 year in review
Date: February 20, 2024
Midwives are required to have specialized skills and training to deal with emergencies that occur outside the hospital and in the hospital setting. The AOM’s Emergency Skills Workshop (ESW) is a comprehensive, high-quality, College of Midwives of Ontario-certified course, designed and taught by mid…
Black History Month: Uniting in solidarity to confront injustice and inequity
Date: February 7, 2024
As we honour Black History Month, it is imperative to reflect on the current state of society and midwifery's role in advancing racial justice and human rights. Recent events have highlighted a dangerous regression in our collective efforts to combat anti-Black racism and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, particularly in workplaces and educational institutions. We are witnessing challenges to DEI initiatives, with some labeling them as discriminatory. Black people rising to success continue to face extraordinary tests and attempts to shame them.