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,…
Access to Legal Aid is a Social Determinant of Health: Midwives Call on Funding to be Reinstated
Date: July 22, 2019
The provincial government cut an unprecedented 30% from the Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) budget this year, with an additional 35% cut planned for 2020. Midwives are deeply concerned and have joined with other health care providers to write a letter calling on the federal and provincial governmen…
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 …
Victory for reproductive rights at the Ontario Court of Appeal
Date: May 21, 2019
On May 15, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), to uphold a decision made against the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, The Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians’ Societies, and Canadian Physicians for Life…