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  • UBC Midwifery  Keynote Lecture on Restorative Justice

    UBC Midwifery Keynote Lecture on Restorative Justice

    Shifting the narratives around tensions, conflict, and burnout with solution-focused and relational content can help break down barriers. Join UBC Midwifery, on April 19th, 2024, for this learning opportunity – part of the Elaine Carty Visiting Scholars Initiative. This event has ended. Event Details This is a free keynote lecture delivered in a hybrid format – in…

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  • 3D Animation: Cardinal Movements in Labour

    3D Animation: Cardinal Movements in Labour

    Kim Campbell consulted for the 2023 @UBC_BMVC capstone team in developing this amazing 3D animation of the cardinal movements of labour. Credit: UBC BMVC & UBC Faculty of Arts “The HIVE.” BMVC Capstone Student Project Team: Beatrix Yu, Caite Miller, Charita Goyal, Katherine Herring BMVC Certificate Program Supervisors: Larry Bafia, Ishan Dixit Consultants: Kim Campbell,…

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  • Welcome! Katia Mordak: Indigenous Student Coordinator

    Welcome! Katia Mordak: Indigenous Student Coordinator

    We’re very excited to welcome Katia Mordak to the team. To learn more about our new Indigenous Student Coordinator please read their bio.

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  • Fraser Health: Midwifery Fellowship vacancies

    Fraser Health: Midwifery Fellowship vacancies

    [Fraser Health Communications] The Fraser Health Authority (FHA) Midwifery Division within the Regional Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology is pleased to offer temporary fellowship appointments for new registrant midwives for one year. These temporary fellowship appointments are intended to provide a one-year experience to support postgraduate consolidation of knowledge and skills. FHA will consider applications…

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  • International Women’s Day 2024

    International Women’s Day 2024

    This year, as part of the worldwide celebrations of women’s achievements, there are two major themes. The IWD organization and UBC’s theme is #InspireInclusion to encourage us to imagine a gender-equal, diverse, equitable and inclusive world. The Government of Canada’s and United Nation’s themes are Invest in Women: Accelerate progress. Inclusion and progress go so well together. UBC’s…

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  • Zoë Hodgson to lead Midwifery work for the Ministry

    Zoë Hodgson to lead Midwifery work for the Ministry

    Zoë Hodgson, an alumni, a preceptor, an adjunct UBC Midwifery Professor, and most recently Clinical Director for the Midwives Association of BC (MABC), has joined the NP and Midwives team in the Nursing Policy Secretariat as the Clinical and Policy Lead for Midwives and will lead Midwifery work for the Ministry. The Nursing Policy Secretariat…

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  • Welcome! Newest Additions to UBC Midwifery

    Welcome! Newest Additions to UBC Midwifery

    Our team is growing, and we are excited to add two new instructional assistants to the team. They will be onboarding in the coming weeks and getting up to speed with the administrative work. Marisa Ortiz (she/they) – Instructional Assistant Hi everyone, my name is Marisa (she/they), and I’m a recent grad of UBC Science.…

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  • BMJ Open Faculty Publication: Co-contributors Vedam. S & Bayrampour. H

    BMJ Open Faculty Publication: Co-contributors Vedam. S & Bayrampour. H

    UBC Midwifery Professor and Lead Investigator for The Birth Place Lab Saraswathi Vedam and UBC Midwifery Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator for our Perinatal Wellbeing Research team Hamideh Bayrampour, have, along with other UBC faculty and alums, contributed to a protocol “Teaching by texting to promote positive health behaviours in pregnancy: a protocol for a…

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