May 5th – International Day of the Midwife All Canadian women deserve equal access to midwifery services May 3, 2013 Montréal, May 3rd, 2013 – On May 5th 2013, International Day of the Midwife, the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) and the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM),
Read more →VIDEO LINK: Midwives now have their own professional college Midwives offically became a regulated profession in Alberta on Jan. 1 with the establishment of their own professional college. A change to provincial legislation last month allowed for the creation of the College of Midwives of Alberta. Alberta began
Read more →[Calgary, Alberta - January 8, 2013] The Alberta Association of Midwives today announced with great pleasure that the Amendment to the Midwifery Regulation creating the College of Midwives was approved on December 18th, 2012 and came into force January 1, 2013. This means that as of January
Read more →Photograph by: Shaughn Butts, Edmonton Journal [Edmonton, Alberta - December 27, 2012] Alberta’s midwives will have their own independent professional college in the new year, a final step into mainstream medicine. Only a handful of midwives practised in Alberta 20 years ago, some doing home births. They were
Read more →[Calgary, Alberta – September 12, 2012] A new documentary that reframes childbirth as the most pressing global Human Rights issue today is launching with one thousand (1000) worldwide premieres the same day; Thursday 20th September 2012. Midwifery students from Mount Royal University will be hosting a screening
Read more →Alberta is in the midst of a baby boom – and doctors and nurses are not the only ones answering the call. Midwives are in high demand with waiting lists of up to 100 women long. Alberta began funding midwifery services in 2009 and their popularity has
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