Childbirth & Midwifery

The campaign for women's reproductive choice included demands for the recognition of midwives and greater control about decisions regarding more natural birthing alternatives.

This subsection contains material on organizing around childbirth, midwifery, and pregnancy, including empowering women to take control of pregnancy and childbirth, fighting for health coverage, and campaigning for the recognition of midwifery, including in Indigenous communities.

Archival Materials

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The campaign for women's reproductive choice included demands for the recognition of midwives and greater control about decisions regarding more natural birthing alternatives.
Support Your Local Midwife

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English

Documents
The Politics of Midwifery – Conference

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Films

Film still of Augusta sitting with two log cabins behind her.
Augusta

  • Year created:

    1976

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Anne Wheeler

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    British Columbia
Screenshot of Lillian Allen, a Black woman with short hair wearing a yellow and brown blouse, performing Birth Poem on stage.
Birth Poem

  • Year created:

    1988

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    Ontario
Black and white still from the film "Mother-to-be" featuring a white woman with short hair talking to her young daughter.
Mother-to-be

  • Year created:

    1969

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Anne Claire Poirier

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)