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Tia Felix, Baby Ronan, Kayley Redgers, Lauren Redman, Marijke de Zwager & Baby Shay
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MABC is pleased to present Marijke de Zwager, Lauren Redman, Kayley Redgers & Tia Felix as our March & April Midwives of the Month for providing exceptional care to Indigenous youth and underserved communities facing barriers to care. Marijke, Lauren, Kayley and student midwife Tia all work together at Strathcona Midwifery Collective and the Urban Native Youth Association. Marijke, Tia and Lauren are active members of MABC's Committee for Indigenous Birthing lead by Evelyn George. Learn more about these social justice-minded midwives and the communities they serve through our conversation—it's a long and fascinating one so you might want to make a pot of tea and get comfortable! Read the complete article
here.
BC Midwife of the Month is a monthly profile series that honours practicing midwives for their extraordinary contributions to current issues facing the profession and serves to introduce the public to a broad spectrum of midwives working in our province.