Birth & Midwifery in Canada
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

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Midwifery Today Country Contact

Louise McDonald has been practising midwifery in Canada since 1988 and has attended births in Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (her home base), Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. She trained in 1986 with the Association of Ontario Midwives which pioneered the introduction of legislated midwifery in Canada. Louise is the mother of four homeborn sons and partner of a "long-suffering man who still wholeheartedly supports this difficult profession!" She is interested in sharing information about the challenges of "midwifing this northern nation into the 21st century."

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Birth/Midwifery

• Mother Nurture - Childbirth Education
• Hypnosis for Childbirth - Midwifery Consulting Services
• Choices Childbirth - Education & Doula services
• Canadian Association of Midwives - Find a midwife in Canada
• Association of Ontario Midwives
• Newfoundland and Labrador Midwives' Association
• Alberta Association of Midwives
• Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia
• The Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth
• Midwives Association of British Columbia
• Midwives Association of New Brunswick

Parenting/Breastfeeding

• La Leche League - Canada
• Parent Book Store - Books on parenting, birth, pregnancy and much more.

Education

• McMaster University - Midwifery education programme
• Ryerson University - Midwifery programme
• College of Midwives of British Columbia
• Midwifery Baccalaureat en pratique sage-femme a l'Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres