Zoe Whittall I’m deeply sorry for your loss! I just wrote this: vogue.com/article/covid-… Also, check out my Instagram community for support @ ihadamiscarriage

Did you know? #Midwives in Ontario can order laboratory tests for #COVID19 for their clients and infants born within their care. Read about who to test, how to test, collection kits and more in our "Midwives ordering testing for COVID-19" resource: bit.ly/3atcKYm

Article “Ontario doctors, midwives welcome updated guidelines for women giving birth during pandemic” spotlights new guideline by Maternal-Neonatal COVID-19 Task Force of experts including OBs, midwives, infections disease physicians and family docs. bit.ly/35xxIEv

On this #IDM2020, I ask you all to reflect on why midwives here in Ontario are excluded from pandemic pay and struggle for pay equity despite the recent Human Rights Tribunal ruling. This is gender-based discrimination, and Ontario Midwives deserve better. #onpoli

NEW POST: check out the birth boss on Medium talking about self soothing, crying it out, and why we have to reparent ourselves: medium.com/@info_29700/ho…

In these trying times, building your self-care toolkit has never been more important. Here's a doula's spin on self-soothing for grownups: medium.com/@info_29700/ho…

Baffling how there are still areas in Canada where you would have to fly out of in order to deliver your baby. Bravo to University of Manitoba midwives helping stop the spread of COVID-19! #cdnhealth

"We’ve heard a lot about masks — but Ontario also needs gowns. Companies across the province are pivoting to fill the need for a different kind of PPE: medical gowns." Article: tvo.org/article/weve-h… Looking to donate? Check out our PPE drive: ontariomidwives.ca/PPEdrive

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Proud to be working with Birth Mark Toronto who just started donating Diva Cups to new parents in need! #PeriodPoverty

A doctor took cancerous tissue from the uterus of a Black woman (Henrietta Lacks) w/o her consent. And scientists have used her cells and profited from it while her family (tricked & traumatised) have yet to be compensated. With your silence you have chosen a side.

Given that racism is literally killing people in our communities, it is alarming how little we talk about it in medicine. Race is a major determinant of health. Health is majorly determined by politics. Delivering anti-racist healthcare is a political act rooted in justice.

These resources are in no way exhaustive. We hope this list serves as a starting point for ourselves and our community in learning more about how systemic racism is driving the Black maternal health crisis in the US #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMamasMatter everymothercounts.org/anti-racist-re…

"In the spirit of confronting anti-Black racism and therefore, in the spirit of love": Sojourner San Vicente, a Black midwifery student, shares her experiences in processing the recent events and her vision for an anti-racist midwifery profession. ontariomidwives.ca/spirit-confron…

Racism steals childhoods. It robs children from their parents. It kills mothers and babies. This generation deserves to play & be free. Doulas - it's our job to support families - and it must be our job to dismantle systems of oppression.

Black women were tortured to develop gynaecology methods. Midwives want them remembered huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-campai…

Wonderful to see the #ThroneSpeech recognize how the burden of the pandemic will fall on moms. From birthing alone to isolated parenting to leaving the workplace to homeschool kids, the effects of COVID will hit moms hard.

What do Mi'kmaq fishing rights have to do with Obstetric Justice?? Well, that virulent racism down on the wharves in Nova Scotia is the same racism in our hospitals, our education systems, our police departments, & child welfare agencies. Indigenous Justice = #ReproductiveJustice