{"id":1676,"date":"2025-06-23T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:31:40","slug":"midwifery-celebrates-25-years-in-manitoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/midwifery-celebrates-25-years-in-manitoba\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwifery celebrates 25 years in Manitoba"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fleur McEvoy<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Over 100 midwives and supporters celebrated 25 years of the profession\u2019s regulation in Manitoba at Marshall McLuhan Hall on June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by UM\u2019s bachelor of midwifery program at the College of Nursing, along with the Midwives Association of Manitoba, Women\u2019s Health Clinic, and College of Midwives of Manitoba, the event was in honour of the anniversary of the proclamation of the midwifery act in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwenty-five years ago, we initiated a model of care that centres on women, supports family and reinforces community health from the very beginning, when the baby is born,\u201d said Fleur McEvoy, director of the bachelor of midwifery program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur contributions reduce unnecessary interventions, improve maternal satisfaction and improve health outcomes. Midwives are well-positioned to address gaps in access, particularly in underserved and rural communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was held just one week after the college\u2019s second cohort of midwives graduated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs of last week there have been 10 graduates of the program, with most working for Manitoba families,\u201d McEvoy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McEvoy spoke alongside Tracy Mullet, president of the Midwives Association of Manitoba, Erin Bockstael of Women\u2019s Health Clinic, and Janice Erickson, registrar of the College of Midwives of Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other speakers included registered midwife Bethany Rempel, Evelyne Fischer, a midwifery student with National Council of Indigenous Midwives, Hon. Uzoma Asagwara, Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care, and Margaret Haworth-Brockman, senior program manager for National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, who gave a history of the implementation of midwifery in Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(Midwifery) is more than a calling. It is a sacred responsibility. These are sacred duties that are being performed across our province for some folks\u2019 most joyous, but also vulnerable and precious moments,\u201d Asagwara said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abigail Larson, a registered midwife with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, emceed the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince I was little, I\u2019ve wanted to be a midwife, and I\u2019m living my dream.  Something about being a midwife is more than just something you\u2019ve just picked to do,\u201d Larson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert McLeod, a status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the M\u00e9tis communities of Cross Lake and Norway House, gave an opening prayer and gave a tobacco offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event also showcased sculptures by midwife Kelly Klick on loan from her exhibit at Manitoba Arts Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over 100 midwives and supporters celebrated 25 years of the profession\u2019s regulation in Manitoba at Marshall McLuhan Hall on June 12. Hosted by UM\u2019s bachelor of midwifery program at the College of Nursing, along with the Midwives Association of Manitoba, Women\u2019s Health Clinic, and College of Midwives of Manitoba, the event was in honour of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}