Funding Cuts Are Shutting Down This Successful Indigenous Midwifery Service – The Tyee

The Vancouver Island program reduced government apprehensions by 70 per cent, co-founder says.

An Indigenous-led midwifery service on southern Vancouver Island that reduced child apprehensions says it has had to close due to a lack of provincial funding.

Last week, the co-founders of the South Island Indigenous Midwifery Service held a rally at the B.C. legislature calling on the government to fund their program.

Between 75 and 100 people attended the rally, which was an “amazing turnout,” said Nathalie Pambrun, co-founder of the midwifery service and a Franco-Manitoban Métis registered midwife. “The community really showed up for us.”

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