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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb.vc_custom_1680194364377{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}\u00a0\u00bb]NICM is seeking communities interested in participating in a project that aims to expand opportunities to community-based Indigenous midwifery education. The project aims to bring midwifery education opportunities as close to home as possible to aspiring Indigenous midwifery students.<\/p>\n
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There are many paths to becoming a midwife. Education is an essential part of restoring midwifery to Indigenous peoples across Canada. This knowledge must be\u00a0brought home to our\u00a0communities.<\/p>\n
All midwifery education programs provide a combination of classroom\u2011based or academic learning and, clinical placements or apprenticeship in midwifery clinics. Midwifery education includes courses from the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, laboratories, distance learning and mentorship. Regardless of the program you enter, midwifery education takes place in many settings, including university or college campuses, midwifery clinics, hospitals, and birth centres. Currently, most midwifery programs expect that you will be willing to relocate for parts of your education\u00a0program.<\/p>\n
Midwifery education gives students the opportunity to develop both the hands-on clinical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to be primary caregivers for people, babies, and their families throughout pregnancy, birth and the first\u00a0six\u00a0weeks\u00a0postpartum.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
There are currently two community-based programs, offered in three\u00a0Indigenous communities in Canada. For more information, please contact the programs\u00a0directly.<\/p>\n
The Tsi Non:we lonnakeratstha Ona: grahsta\u2019 Aboriginal Midwifery Training Program is three years in length, and consists of tutorials that address Indigenous women\u2019s unique health issues. The program combines western obstetrical practices and standards with traditional Indigenous practices and standards. All training components are completed at the Maternal and Child Centre with Aboriginal midwife\u00a0instructors.<\/p>\n
The program is an academic and clinical education program for Inuit women working in their own communities on the Hudson and Ungava Coasts of Nunavik (Northern Quebec). The program uses a modular, competency-based curriculum. The program emphasizes learning in ways appropriate to Inuit culture, including learning in the Inuktitut language, and focuses on the role of the midwife in community health, especially in the areas of sexual health and well woman care. This program is offered through maternity programs in health centres on the Hudson and Ungava coasts in\u00a0Quebec.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The midwifery education program is a direct entry (no previous degree or health care training required), four\u2011year baccalaureate program. There are six\u00a0university\u2011based midwifery education programs available in Canada. Each program administers exams recognized by their respective provincial regulatory\u00a0bodies.[\/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion style=\u00a0\u00bboutline\u00a0\u00bb color=\u00a0\u00bbgreen\u00a0\u00bb active_section=\u00a0\u00bb20″ collapsible_all=\u00a0\u00bbtrue\u00a0\u00bb][vc_tta_section title=\u00a0\u00bbONTARIO\u00a0\u00bb tab_id=\u00a0\u00bb1530878671991-49f40663-58bb\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery McMaster Midwifery Education Program<\/a><\/p>\n This program is offered in English\u00a0only.<\/p>\n 350 Victoria Street email:\u00a0jcabanat@ryerson.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Midwifery Education Program<\/a><\/p>\n This program is offered in English only. This program offers both full-time and part-time studies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=\u00a0\u00bbQUEBEC\u00a0\u00bb tab_id=\u00a0\u00bb1465331666747-9554f316-8aa0″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 3351, boul. des Forges email:\u00a0\u00a0sage.femme@uqtr.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Baccalaur\u00e9at en pratique sage\u2011femme<\/a><\/p>\n This program is offered in French\u00a0only.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=\u00a0\u00bbBRITISH COLUMBIA\u00a0\u00bb tab_id=\u00a0\u00bb1465331807737-16fe6ce5-d1f4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Suite 320 – 5950 University Boulevard email:\u00a0info@midwifery.ubc.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Midwifery Program<\/a><\/p>\n This program is offered in English\u00a0only.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=\u00a0\u00bbALBERTA\u00a0\u00bb tab_id=\u00a0\u00bb1465331984403-840cecef-767c\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW email:\u00a0midwifery@mtroyal.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Bachelor of Midwifery<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n This program is offered in English\u00a0only.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=\u00a0\u00bbMANITOBA\u00a0\u00bb tab_id=\u00a0\u00bb1589377321954-54628d7f-9386″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Bachelor of Midwifery Program<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n General inquiries:\u00a0nursing@umanitoba.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\n(MDCL) Second Fl., 2210
\n1280 Main Street West
\nHamilton, ON\u00a0\u00a0L8S 4K1
\n905 525-9140, extension 26654<\/span><\/p>\n
\nToronto Metropolitan University<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nToronto, ON\u00a0 M5B 2K3
\n416 979-5104<\/p>\nUniversit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois\u2011Rivi\u00e8res<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nTrois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC\u00a0 G9A 5H7
\n819 376-5011, extension 4065<\/span><\/p>\nUniversity of British Columbia<\/span><\/h5>\n
\n<\/span>Vancouver,\u00a0BC \u00a0V6T 1Z3
\n<\/span>604 822-0352
\n<\/span><\/p>\nMount Royal University<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nCalgary, AB\u00a0 T3E 6K6
\n403 440-8574
\nToll Free: 1-888-240-7201
\n<\/span><\/p>\nUniversity of Manitoba<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nHelen Glass Centre for Nursing, 89 Curry Place
\nUniversity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
\nPhone: 204-474-7452
\nToll Free: 1-800-432-1960 ext 7452<\/p>\n