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Class of 2022 Victoria cohort celebrates the end of Term 1!
Photo from Left to Right; Olivia Vihant, Annie Passmore, Raven Fawkes, Tay Ferrier, Katia Haslam, Jennifer Jackson, Julie Bowser, (Valerie Simmons – Island Lead), Melissa (Devi) Garner
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Call for Expressions of Interest in Teaching
The UBC Midwifery Program is looking to build our pool of Clinical Faculty who are interested in teaching in the Undergraduate or Internationally Educated Midwives’ Bridging Programs.
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2019 UBC Midwifery Alumni and Preceptor Reception
The 2019 UBC Midwifery Alumni and Preceptor Reception was held at the Halifax Westin Hotel during the Canadian Association of Midwives Conference. Fifteen alumni, clinical faculty members and midwifery faculty attended the reunion. Although most UBC Midwifery alumni still work in BC, many are rural and remote making the annual CAM conference a special reunion.…
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UBC Midwifery welcomes Dana L. Solomon, PhD, KT Researcher, to the BirthPlace Lab
Dana Solomon has both an MA and PhD in interdisciplinary studies. Her research focuses on the relationship between entertainment and ideology and the ways in which entertainment can be used to facilitate communication about complex problems. Her research interests include ideologies of genocide and international conflict, knowledge translation, and the impact of bias within the…
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UBC Midwifery welcomes Dr. Mimi Niles to the Birth Place Lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow
Mimi Niles, PhD, CNM, MPH, is a full-spectrum midwife and a midwifery care researcher from New York City, NY. Her work explores the potential of integrated models of midwifery care in creating health equity in historically disenfranchised communities. Her research has been generously funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health – a…
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Courtney Broten has received the Canadian Association of Midwifery Educators Excellence in Teaching Award for 2019
This award is given to one Canadian midwife annually. The nominee must demonstrate evidence of teaching effectiveness, teaching innovation, excellence in curricular design, student engagement and exemplary mentorship. Courtney was nominated by several faculty members and enthusiastically supported by the UBC Midwifery Student Association. As a former Master of Health Professions Education Canada student with…
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UBC Midwifery celebrates the 2019 Internationally Educated Midwives Bridging Program Class Completion
From the left:Sora Colvin, Jane Wines (IEMBP Lead), Eline Vonk, Hannah Goto, Laura Mathias Front row:Mary Otoo, Rachel Wardel
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UBC midwives give record number of presentations at Canadian Association of Midwives Conference in Halifax, October 22-25, 2019
Six UBC Midwifery faculty members and a student delivered 6 oral presentations at the annual Canadian Association of Midwives Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the week of October 22, 2019. Cathy Ellis, Mixed Methods Research: Midwifery Services and Culturally Safe Birthing Practices in Remote Nepal Jane Wines for Hamideh Bayrampour, Perceptions about Cannabis Use…
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UBC Midwifery students at Canadian Association of Midwives Conference in Halifax, October 22-25, 2019
At left are fourth-year students Juliette Mudra and Charlotte Grant, both recipients of the first Elaine and Ken Carty Midwifery Student Leadership Award. Sarah Jane Steele joins Charlotte at the right. Juliette, from Nova Scotia, plans to return to add to the 6 Nova Scotian midwives growing practice there. These 3 UBC Midwifery students joined…
