Midwifery Education Program

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Ontario is creating two birthing centres run by midwives in a pilot project aimed at giving expectant mothers more choice in how they deliver their baby. For more information, see the CBC news report

New Criminal Reference Check Policy and Procedure for Midwifery Students
Effective immediately, all incoming students will be expected to adhere to the new Criminal Reference Check (CRC) Policy for Midwifery Students. See here for full details.

Note: Students already in the clinical component of the program (MWF 120 forward) will need to obtain a CRC if required by any community setting, hospital or other practice site where they are placed for any clinical course.

Any questions about the new CRC Policy should be directed to Katrina Hughes, Program Manager khughes@ryerson.ca

Update:

As of September 2011, TPS will no longer accept applications at the front desk. After receiving a signed application form from the MEP, students are required to mail the completed application form to the following address:

Toronto Police Services,
Toronto Police Reference Check Program,
40 College Street,
Toronto, ON M5G 2J3

Student must include either a certified cheque or money order payable to Toronto Police Services, in the amount of $16.95 (which includes taxes).

For all other jurisdictions, please continue to follow the instructions indicated by your local police service or OPP detachment.

RYERSON MEP contingent invades CAM/MANA conference
Niagara Falls – November 2011

Mary Sharpe (wearing scarf), Director of the Ryerson MEP, is surrounded by current and former students of the program at the joint Canadian Association of Midwives/Midwives Alliance of North America (CAM/MANA) conference 2011.

Front row (L-R): Simone Rosenberg (Student); Mary Sharpe (Director); Grace Sohmer RM, Ottawa (Grad 2011); Margo Seymour (Student); Natalie Tregaskiss RM, RN, Toronto (Grad 2011).

Back row (L-R): Teegan Odell RM, Saskatchewan (Grad 2011); Safire Naranjo RM, Toronto (Grad 2009) and baby; April Hoyt (Student); Diane Simon (Student) with baby Sibu and big brother Muin; Leah Gold (Student); Jill Parsons (Student).

Photo courtesy Loreto Freire: International and Interprofessional Education Coordinator, Ryerson MEP

News from the ICM Congress 2011, Durban SA
The State of the World's Midwifery Report launched today in Durban! Read commentary on the report and finally, a nice article about our own Bridget Lynch, first Canadian midwife to be elected ICM President

Judith Rachel Harris Foundation Awards for 2011-12
The Midwifery awards endowment from the Judith Rachel Harris Foundation, received in 2009, was matched by the Ontario Trust for Student Success (OTSS), a provincial government program that provides matching dollars for donations to universities for student scholarships and awards.
Because of the high rate of matching received on these funds, we are fortunate to be receiving a high rate of return on the endowment each year. This means that we have funding to support more than one recipient for many of these awards.
Where there are funds available and there are two or more eligible applicants who are equally qualified, these awards may be given to TWO recipients.

Midwifery professor Nadya Burton wins Deans' Teaching Award
Thirteen professors from across the university were celebrated for their teaching excellence at the 2011 Faculty Teaching Awards, including Nadya Burton.

New information about the MEP Education Awards.
Find out more and apply for an award today.

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."

Award of Merit
Midwifery student Sabrina Connor wins Award of Merit for paper presented at Ryerson Arteries conference. http://arteries.wordpress.com/abstracts-2

The Birth of RyHSSA
Ryerson Midwifery student shows interprofessional initiative. Read more here. For more information about RyHSSA, contact: ryhssa@ryerson.ca

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