Midwifery Sustainability

Learn about the AOM's work to understand, make recommendations and advocate for systemic reforms to support healthier midwifery futures, healthier communities and a thriving Ontario health system.

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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Home, hospital, birth centre — your midwife provides you the same excellent care no matter where you give birth.

 

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Midwives call on the Minister of Health to implement mediator's recommendations as midwifery attrition reaches crisis level

February 10, 2026

Media Release  TORONTO: The Association of Ontario Midwives is calling on the Ministry of Health to implement recommendations made by an independent third-party Mediator to treat midwives comparably to other health professions—or risk losing them.  In her report, the Mediator, Beverly Mathers, recommended that midwives receive similar redress provide to physicians, nurses and other public sector workers to make up for the province's unconstitutional compensation restraint legislation and policies, which capped compensation increases for public sector workers, including midwives, at 1% for three years during a period of high inflation.

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#MidwiferyDataMatters: What is the true demand for midwifery care?  

The demand for midwifery care in Ontario continues to outpace the supply—but by how much?   In the AOM’s commitment to improving the sustainability of the midwifery profession, this question has been of utmost importance. The Roadmap to Health System Integration reports that between 2013-2022, “over 22,000 clients were unable to access the midwifery care they sought,” citing BORN Ontario. This same number is emphasized again in the visual summary, but the footnote states that a larger story is being left untold. 

Building pathways: Tamara Cascagnette on community engagement and the growth of Indigenous midwifery in Ontario 

Tamara Cascagnette has spent the past year crisscrossing the province, helping communities explore what it means to bring birth home. As Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist with the AOM's Indigenous Midwifery team, her work supports communities considering Indigenous Midwifery Programs (IMPs), gathers input from Elders and families and strengthens the relationships that underpin this work.  For Cascagnette, relationships are the foundation of her work. 

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. 

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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.

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