Ontario midwives call for immediate reunification of Afghan ‘forgotten families’ with their refugee parents in Canada
Date: August 19, 2021
Media Release TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2021: A group of 105 Afghan refugees who are currently living in Canada fear for the safety of their family members who have been left behind in Afghanistan. Many of these refugees were leaders working for Canadian government projects and Canadian development agencies towards the improvement of sexual and reproductive health for women and girls in Afghanistan. They were forced to flee Afghanistan in response to threats of violence and death from the Taliban because of their work. Collectively, they left behind their 105 spouses and 270 children, many of whom have been living in hiding from the Taliban for the two to five years since their departure.
Midwives and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Sign Relationship Accord
Date: March 25, 2021
Media Release TORONTO: The Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) is honoured to embark in a partnership with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) through the signing of a historic relationship accord. A ceremony was held over Zoom. The Accord will work to return Indigenous midwifery withi…
Giinwi (before colonization) Gaazhi (what we used to do) Maamwiziying (together) Ndaadzikeying* (to assist in giving life): Improving access to Indigenous midwifery
Date: March 4, 2020
Media release THUNDER BAY: The Association of Ontario Midwives, with support from Chiefs of Ontario and Nishnawbe Aski Nation, will convene a gathering of Indigenous communities March 6–7, 2020 to envision concrete pathways to increase and improve access to Indigenous midwifery and new and…
Ontario midwives call on Ford government to comply with tribunal orders to end gender discrimination with hand-delivered messages
Date: February 28, 2020
Media Release TORONTO: Last week, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ordered the Ford government to take concrete actions to close the gender pay gap. On Friday, February 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. (EST), midwives across the province hand-delivered letters to their local Conservative MPPs asking t…
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives
Date: February 24, 2020
Media Release TORONTO: In a landmark legal decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ordered the Ford government to take concrete actions to end the gender pay gap midwives experience as a result of the Ministry of Health’s discriminatory actions. “Government needs to immediately imp…
Ford government ordered by Human Rights Tribunal to end discrimination
Date: February 21, 2020
Media Advisory Midwives Elizabeth Brandeis and Liz Fraser, alongside human rights lawyer Mary Cornish, will present and respond to new orders from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to the Ford government. In Ontario, the Human Rights Code protects against discriminatory compensation pract…
Midwifery Investment an Important Step in Health Care Reform
Date: July 8, 2019
St Jacobs, ON – Today, Minister of Health Christine Elliott announced that the Ontario government will invest in improving access to midwifery care. The announcement includes additional funding to invest in the growth of midwifery. With this funding, midwives will be able to provide care for …
Ontario Midwives see similarities between Government’s Vision for Health Care and Current Midwifery Care Model
Date: March 5, 2019
On February 26, 2019, the provincial government announced new legislation that will transform Ontario’s health care system by developing a network of Ontario Health Teams overseen by Ontario Health. The Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) supports any initiative that puts patients’ needs first…
Indigenous Midwifery Charts New Path for Healthy Beginnings at Summit
Date: February 8, 2019
Thunder Bay The Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM), in collaboration with Chiefs of Ontario, Grand Council Treaty #3, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, and Indigenous Services Canada is hosting a summit to chart the path forward for Indigenous Midwifery.&nbs…
Landmark legal decision for midwives and pay equity
Date: September 25, 2018
Toronto – This week, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released a landmark decision in the Association of Ontario Midwives case against the Ministry of Health, finding in favour of midwives. The Tribunal ordered government to take steps to close the pay equity gap for midwives and monitor for th…