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Please visit our Event on Face Book, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=222209614461730

May 5th is International Day of the Midwife, we’ll be participating on PEI May 28th, details in prior post, CAM_IntDay_Midwife2011_Apr29_pressrelease

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BORN – The Road to Durban Pledge Form (.docxx)

BORN – The Road to Durban Pledge Form (.pdf)

Press Release: Community Event Listing: 5 KM Walk for Midwives of Haiti and “Doula!” the Film

BORN Co-Operative is organizing a day of activity in support of Midwifery and Doula Care Saturday May 28th . The first part of the day will begin at 1:30 p.m at City Cinema. Participants will take part in a Walk for Midwives of Haiti, a 5 KM sponsored walk to raise funds for the Ghislaine Francoeur Fund.

The Ghislaine Francoeur Fund was launched in 2008 by the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) in partnership with the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH). Both CAM and the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH)

recognize that Haïti has the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the Western Hemisphere and that midwives play a vital role in the improvement of child and maternal health in that country.

Established in the name of Madame Ghislaine Francoeur, midwife and educator at the École Nationale d’Infirmieres Sages-Femmes in Port-au-Prince, Haïti, the fund’s purpose is to contribute in the reduction of maternal and infant mortality and to promote the development of midwifery care and midwifery education in Haïti.

Your generous donation will assist in capacity building projects and in projects that directly aid midwives and/or midwifery students in educational, professional and community development.

After the Walk for Midwives of Haiti, return to City Cinema where we will be showing the film Doula! at 3 p.m at City Cinema.

The film Doula! was made in the U.K where it was released last summer. The film follows three Doulas while they work with clients and attend births, the film contains footage of childbirth, which may be too graphic for some viewers. Admission to the film is by donation to BORN to offset the costs of presenting the film.

Come for a walk, or see the film or do both!  To participate in our walk please e-mail info@born-pei.ca for sponsor forms and a map.http://born-pei.ca/pledge-form-for-5km-walk/ To view our map online http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4420869

I just saw that these sessions are happening, if anyone can take time to stop in and tell the PEI Board of Health the Midwifery and Doula Care is important to us the more new voices the better. http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-03-05/article-2305007/Health-PEI-board-to-host-Expos-this-month–/1

Meeting at the Voluntary Resource Center Board Room, 81 Prince Street
Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island
C1A 4R3

6:30 Wednesday  March 2, 2011. Please submit items for the agenda to info@born-pei.ca.

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January 26 2011

Meeting Notes

In Attendance: Danielle Bernard, Sylvie Arsenault ( Treasurer, Jill Olscamp, Sarah Bennetto O’Brian, Sandy Nicholson, Gretchen Maclean, Tara Walsh, , Beth Manitopyes (Katimivik) , Michelle Nash, Laura Robinson, Michelle Cottreau, Rachael Hicken, Joyce England ( CAM) , Jennifer Thompson, Sherri McWilliams

~Our meeting began with a recap of the situation so far.

~Joyce England reported that there was no substantial change since the letter she received in November where in the Minister asked for Meeting.

~ Visioning for 2011

We went round the circle and suggested various directions we might go in the coming year. I have attempted to group these suggestions. I would ask participants to indicate which area’s they’d be interested in carrying out. I suggest we use the next month to research and come up with ideas around these directions. At our next meeting we can make a clear decision about which activity has the majority of the groups interest and proceed forward from there. The ideas in no particular order were:

Event and Demonstration:

-demonstration

-Music / Art Benefit

-Lunch time Picnic at Legislature

-Screen Film “Doula!”

Campaign around Access to Ob’s and Gyn’s

-Separate Face book page

-Contact CBC for story on this issue

Legal Case for Discrimination

-research for precedent

-maybe in Morgantaler’s case with Supreme Court.

Follow Up on Letters to MLA’s

-Follow up e-mail

-Find out how to present to MLA’s as a group

-Ask for Meeting with Olive Crane

-Request follow up meeting with Carolyn Bertram

-Request Meeting with Health PEI Board of Directors

Improving Social Media Outlets

-Add Members list (box) to our web page

-Start a Campaign to ask Island women to upload short (15 sec) personal testimonials about Midwifery and Doula care to the web site.

-Keep Active online

-Write letters to Island Family Magazine, about need for Midwives and your experiences with Midwives and Doulas on PEI

-Start a Letter Campaign to MLAs

Public Education

-Try to book presentations at UPEI, nursing and Women’s Studies

-Holland College Nursing Program

Next Meeting March 2 ( VRC Board Room tentative) 6:30

MEETING CANCELLED ! We’ve had a few people contact about the road conditions tonight so to be on the safe side we are going to move to the storm date, sorry about the late notice. Storm Date is same location 46 Parkside Dr, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Jan 26th!