Black Lives Matter—confronting anti-Black racism
Date: June 3, 2020
The acts of anti-Black racism that we are witnessing are not isolated incidents and they have deep impact on our community: they are felt heavily by our Black midwives, students and clients, and as a profession we have a responsibility to confront it. The recent display of anti-Black racism in the …
In the face of the pandemic, midwives adapt, respond, persist
Date: May 29, 2020
While so many life events have been postponed as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, babies continue to be born around the clock, making perinatal care an essential service that cannot be put on pause. But it’s not business as usual for midwives in Ontario, who continue to provide primary car…
President Jasmin Tecson – PPE, pandemic pay and pay equity
Date: May 6, 2020
Jasmin Tecson, midwife at Seventh Generation Midwives in Toronto became president of the AOM board of directors on May 5, 2020. The AOM asked Jasmin some questions, so that midwives far and wide could get to know her better.
President Elizabeth Brandeis - incredible time of change, progress and challenge for us as midwives
Date: May 6, 2020
Dear Midwives, This is not how I imagined saying goodbye. Nothing about this time is anything any of us could have imagined. And yet, here we are, carrying on, being resourceful, being resilient and being midwives during a global pandemic. ....
Giinwi (before colonization) Gaashi (what we used to do) Maamwiziying (together) Ndaadzikeying* (to assist in giving life)
Date: March 4, 2020
Improving access to Indigenous midwifery: The Association of Ontario Midwives will convene a gathering of Indigenous communities on March 6-7, 2020 to envision concrete pathways to improve access to Indigenous midwifery...
Experiences of racism among Ontario BIPOC midwives and students
Date: March 4, 2020
Canadian study looks at racism in midwifery: In 2019, a research study was conducted by staff members Feben Aseffa, RM, MHM and Lwam Mehari, MPH to understand how racism manifests in midwifery and what solutions need to be implemented to dismantle its prevalence...
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario orders government to end gender pay gap for midwives
Date: February 24, 2020
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 implement the orders aimed at…
FGM/C Network called the midwives! And the AOM answered
Date: February 4, 2020
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation The Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) was approached by the End FGM/C Canada Network to support communities who have lived experienced with, and are working to end, female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C). In Nov…
Midwives Engaging MPPs
Date: November 1, 2019
Ontario midwives have been busy this fall, and not just catching babies, negotiating a new contract and navigating the OHT process. Across the province midwives have been engaged in political advocacy – advocating for change in their local communities and raising the profile of midw…
Pay equity - midwives determined despite long road to close the gap
Date: September 25, 2019
Right now, the gender pay gap in Ontario is 30%.Women on average earn only 70 cents on the male dollar. The pay gap is not just about gender. The gap increases when intersecting with other forms of discrimination such as those experienced by women who are Indigenous, racialized, immigrants,…