The University of British Columbia’s Midwifery Program has been educating midwives since 2002. It is an active center of research and clinical expertise housed in the Department of Family Practice. The Midwifery Program draws on biomedicine and the social sciences to develop professionals who provide holistic maternity care for women and their families.
November 13th, 6-8 pm, VPL Downtown Branch: Book Launch! Personal & Political: Stories from the Women’s Health Movement 1960–2010
Personal and Political details the innovative, courageous, and creative activism of the “second wave” women’s health movement in Canada between 1960 and 2010. This activism (re)claimed women’s bodies, created women-centered spaces and services, and challenged a medically dominated health system. Feminists challenged diagnoses, treatments, laws, policies, and research, as well as the care women were […] Read More
Launch of the Stollery Midwifery Research Initiative!
If you’re a Midwife or Midwifery researcher looking for partner-funds or a jumpstart to your research project, UBC’s Midwifery Program is launching a research fund for Midwifery-led and Midwifery-related projects! Read More
