National Aboriginal Council of Midwives
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Building Capacity in all communities
Tiffany Adams is a Registered Nurse in Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan. In this video, she discusses how having the capacity to provide birth services in rural and remote communities could be safer for both the families and the caregivers involved.
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Building Capacity in all communities
Tiffany Adams is a Registered Nurse in Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan. In this video, she discusses how having the capacity to provide birth services in rural and remote communities could be safer for both the families and the caregivers involved.
The Path to Midwifery
In this video, NACM members Evelyn Harney, Nathalie Pambrun and Joyce Leaf share their journey in becoming midwives.
Returning Mothers to the centre our society
In this video, Akwesasne community member Louise McDonald talks about rematriation and the importance of restoring the power and value of women in society again.
Bringing Birth Back to the community
In this video, Aboriginal midwife and Elder Darlene Birch discusses the process of bringing birth back to the community of Norway House in northern Manitoba.
Our bodies...Safe, healthy and sacred
Aboriginal midwife and Elder Darlene Birch on reclaiming the sacredness of women's bodies.
Breastfeeding
In this video, Aboriginal midwife Joyce Leaf talks about how central breastfeeding always has been in her community.
Our history of birth
In this video, Grand Treaty 3 Elder Katherine Fobister discusses the birth history in her community.
Aboriginal midwifery in Ontario
NACM leader and Aboriginal midwife Nathalie Pambrun discusses the Aboriginal exemption clause in the Ontario Midwifery Act.
Aboriginal midwifery in BC
NACM leader and Aboriginal midwife Cheryllee Bourgeois describes the opportunities for development of Aboriginal midwifery in British Columbia under the First Nations Health Authority.
Return Of Birth
In 2012, the National Council of Aboriginal Midwives was invited into five Aboriginal communites that expressed interest in bringing birth services closer to home.
A Vision for Aboriginal Midwifery
In 2012, the National Aborignal Council of Midwives travelled to five communities across Canada. Each community developed their own vision for materntity care services and the return of birth to their land.
Birth: Past and Present
In 2012, the National Aborignal Council of Midwives was invited into five communities across Canada to speak about birth, past and present, the return of birth and what that would mean to Aboringal cultures, health, and nationhood.
