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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Remembering Becky June “Miigwaans” Holden and her work in Indigenous Midwifery 

March 3, 2026

The Indigenous Midwifery team and the AOM are mourning the loss of our colleague and dear friend, Becky June “Miigwaans” Holden. Becky passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at Grey Bruce Hospice Chapman House in Owen Sound on Feb. 12, 2026, at the age of 42. Becky worked with the AOM’s Indigenous Midwifery team as a Policy Analyst and was a key part of advancing Indigenous midwifery in Treaty 3 and across the North. Her work, and the way she carried it, had a deep impact on the communities, midwives and colleagues she walked alongside. Her Anishinaabe name, Miigwaans, means “Little Feather” and was given to her when she worked at Grand Council Treaty 3.

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

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.

#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. 

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