Midwifery Around the World:  Canada

This page under construction.  Any links you might have to suggest would be appreciated.  If you are looking for information on becoming a midwife in Canada, try here.

Midwifery in Alberta

Books on Canadian Midwifery

• Trials of Labour : The Re-Emergence of Midwifery (Critical Perspectives on Public Affairs) A recent look at midwifery in Canada, by Brian Burtch.  You can find more information about the book here. 

Canadian Midwifery Links

• Availability of Midwives in Canada An article about just that.  :)
• Midwifery Bibliography  A good bibliography!
• NEWS RELEASE - CNS33 Nova Scotia midwifery reviewed.
• Region 7: Canada Newsletter from Canada's MANA representative.
• REGISTERED MIDWIVES TO BE FUNDED THIS FISCAL YEAR 1996 article concerning British Columbia.
• Sympatico: HealthyWay Magazine: Midwifery in Canada A good introductory article with hotlinks here and there.

Contacts

• Midwifery Today E-mail Directory Canada A good beginning resource.
• Sympatico Health Organizations Life Stages Women's Health A good resource to begin with, but also a great resource when looking for midwifery groups, birth alternatives information, etc.

Government Links

• Canada Site / Site du Canada Official website of the Canadian government.
• WWW.GOV.AB.CA --- The Official Homepage of The Government of Alberta
• Government of British Columbia
• Government of Manitoba, gouvernement du Manitoba
• Province of New Brunswick Home Page / Page d'accueil - Province du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Home Page
• GNWT Homepage "The Official homepage of the Government of the Northwest Territories."
• Welcome to the Nova Scotia Government Website
• Ontario - Canada The official government homepage.
• Prince Edward Island Information Centre: Main Home Page
• Site officiel du gouvernement du Québec
• Government of Saskatchewan
• Government of Yukon

Home Pages/Places to Find Midwives

• Birthroot Midwifery Homepage A Nova Scotian midwifery group.
• Kawartha Community Midwives A nice page for a service run by three midwives in Peterborough, Ontario.
• Midwife - Quebec Canada Five yellow page listings.
• Midwifery Service in Calgary, Alberta Home page of a group of three midwives.
• midwives A wonderfully long list of midwife contacts in Canada!
• Welcome to The Queen East Midwives The great page of a group of midwives serving the eastern Toronto area.  (Unfortunately, it is not readable by users of IE4.0 right now!)
• Thames Valley Midwives A group of four midwives in London, Ontario.
• Welcome to Midwifery Care Scarborough! Care by midwives Pauline Alookaran and Freda Seddon in the metro Toronto area.
• Womancare Midwives A group in London, Ontario, providing training and birth services.  Nice page.

Organizations (Please let me know if the contact information in out of date!)

Midwives of North America, Canadian Seat
CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE: Anessa Maize
Email: uwu598@freenet.mb.ca

Ontario

Association of Ontario Midwives
Two Possible Addresses (?):
2050 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 205 North York, Ontario M2J 5B3 416-494-4819	562 Eglington Ave. E., Suite 102 Toronto, M4P 1P1 (416) 481-2811 Fax: (416) 481-7547
Email: mailto:midwives@interlog.com

British Columbia

British Columbia Association of Midwives 1244 Shoepine Walk Vancouver, V6H 3T8

Midwifery Task Force of British Columbia PO Box 34425, Stn. D Vancouver, V6K 1W4 (604) 324-6163

Midwives Association of British Columbia 1951 Sperling Ave. Burnaby, V5B 4K4 (604) 254-0744

Nova Scotia

Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia Susanna Eve P.O. Box 33028 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 4T6 Phone number 429-5112 (leave a message) E-mail address:  aq389@chebucto.ns.ca Association of Nova Scotia Midwives (ANSM) PO Box 968 Wolfville, N.S., B0P 1X0 Phone: (902) 434-9882 E-mail address:  au891@chebucto.ns.ca

Quebec

Alliance québécoise des sages-femmes praticiennes CP 246, Succ. E, Montréal, H2T 3A7 (514) 278-8650 Fax: (514) 849-3335

Association des sages-femmes du Québec 2568 Jeanne d'Arc, Montréal, H1V 2H7 (514) 257-9561

Newfoundland

Alliance of Midwives & Maternity Nurses of Newfoundland (709) 737-6528