Midwives are critical in every crisis and essential everyday.
Midwives are there when it matters most — responding to disasters, adapting during pandemics, and meeting people where they are, even in the face of immense challenges. But their power doesn’t stop at crisis response. Every day, midwives quietly transform lives and systems through compassionate, expert, client-centered care.
This collection of stories honours that work.
Trauma-Informed Care for Urban Indigenous Youth (Anonymous)
Nadine Morin, an Indigenous midwife working in an urban centre in Canada, has developed a community-…
Midwifery, War, and Hope in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Loti Kubaya Mielor)
“In the chaos of war and displacement, where every spark of life risks being extinguished, I have le…
Integrated Community Health in a Citizen-Run Clinic (Emmanuelle Dennie-Filion and the Pointe Saint-Charles Community Clinic)
At La Clinique Communautaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles in Montreal, midwifery care is grounded in prin…
The Power of Trust — Indigenous Midwifery as Relational Care (Cheryllee Bourgeois and Call Auntie)
Cheryllee Bourgeois, a Red River Métis midwife and co-founder of Call Auntie in Toronto, Ontario, is…
Call the Midwife! Expanding Access Through Interprofessional Collaboration (Ashlyn Doyle and Fort McMurray Midwives)
Midwives in Canada play a crucial role in sexual and reproductive health care, yet their full scope …