Midwifery Education Program
MEP Speakers Series & Past Events
Video Archives
Winnie Ng
Topic: Women’s Rights: Advocacy and Dignity in the Workplace
See the video or view the flyer about the event.
Winnie Ng, labour rights activist and scholar, has joined Ryerson University as the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, a cross appointment between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Community Services. Her mandate is to create a hub of interaction between social justice activists and academics at Ryerson.
Holliday Tyson
Topic: How Early is Too Early? Extreme pre-term birth and the role of midwives as client educators. See the video as a .wmv streamed file or visit this page (please note: the video is approximately 1 hour longand the file size 200MB). To download the video to your computer, right click this link - and choose "Save as" or "Save target as"
Past Events
2009/2010
February 2010 - Holliday Tyson
Topic: How Early is Too Early? Extreme pre-term birth and the role of midwives as client educators.
See the video.
November 2009 - Karline Wilson-Mitchell
Mental Illness in Refugee & Immigrant Women: A Midwife*s Perspective on Culturally Competent Care
September 2009 - Elaine Carty
"Represetations of Birth and Pregnancy Through the Ages."
2008/2009
March 2009 – David Reville
“Talking Back to Psychiatry: The Mental Patients’ Liberation Movement”
January 2009 – Robin Guy
“Breech Birth: A Question of Informed Consent”
November 2008 – Margaret MacDonald
“The Cultural Politics of Training Traditional Birth Attendants”
October 2008 – Bridget Lynch
“Midwives, Obstetricians and Pediatricians: The Imperatives and Potential Perils of a New Global Alliance”
2007/2008
March 2008 – Lori Ross
“Midwives Working with Lesbian, Bisexual and Two-Spirit Women”
February 2008 – Jay MacGillivray
“Social Justice and Midwifery: Nurturing the Passion”
November 2007 – Saraswathi Vedam
“Removing Barriers to Choice of Birth Place: Strategic application of the evidence to multidisciplinary collaborative maternity care”
October 2007 – Elizabeth Allemang
“The Midwife-Witch on Trial: Historical Fact or Myth?”
2006/2007
February 2007 – Pat Armstrong
“Women and Health Care Reform”
November 2006 – Judy Rebick
“Social Activism, Feminism and Birth”
October 2006 – Nicky Leap
“Midwifery Rhetoric Through the Ages: A Historical Romp to Prompt a Closer Look at Contemporary Ideology and Belief Systems”
2005/2006
March 2006 – Miriam Edelson
“Strategies for Success When Mother-Work Presents Special Challenges: A Social Justice Approach”
March 2006 – Sheila Wilmot
“White Anti-Racism and Midwifery Care: Expanding Informed Choice for Non-OHIP Clients and Access for Midwives of Colour”
November 2005 – Barbara Neilson
“Sex, Lies, and Ambiguous Genitalia”
October 2005 – Judy Rogers
“Maternity Care in Crisis: What Can Midwives Contribute?”
2004/2005
March 2005 – Catherine Frazee
“Outlaws and Accomplices: Disabled Babies, Midwives and Genetic Codes”
February 2005 – Kowser Omer-Hashi
“Female Genital Mutilation: Cultural Implications”
October 2004 – Mary Sharpe
“Intimate Business? Woman-Midwife Relationships in Ontario”
2003/2004
February 2004 – Cynthia Gabriel
“Cultures of Pain: What can WE learn From Russian Birth”
November 2003 – Murry Enkin
“Evidence Based Obstetrics: Utopia, Dystopia, or Oxymoron”
October 2003 – Bridget Lynch
“Postpartum Culture: The Loss of the Lying-In Time”
2002/2003
March 2003 – Saleha Bismilla
“Maternal-Child Health and Diversity”
March 2003 – Vicki Van Wagner
“Women’s Rights or an Assault on Normal Birth: The Debate About Women Choosing Cesarean Section”
January 2003 – Sheryl Nestel
“Rethinking the History of the Re-Emergence of Midwifery in Ontario: A Victory for All Women?”
November 2002 – Brenda Moffatt
“Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Margins: Supporting Women with Issues Relating to Substance Abuse, Self-Injury and Incarceration”
