CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2026 ONTARIO WEST MIDWIFERY CONFERENCE
The Department of Midwifery, London Health Sciences Centre, is pleased to announce the 5th annual Ontario West Midwifery Conference.
Connecting midwives, advancing knowledge, inspiring leadership
Join us for a one-day free virtual conference showcasing midwifery speakers.
Event details
Virtual conference
Ontario West Midwifery Conference
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
12:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET
Welcome and opening remarks
Keynote
Perinatal Mental Health
Alison Bekendam
Building Capacity for Early Pregnancy Loss Care: A Quality Improvement Approach to Midwifery Scope Expansion
Kyla Wong
Lactation Services for Families: Building and Sustaining an RM/IBCLC-Led Community Program
Meredith Crowder
Break: 1:20 to 1:35 p.m.
Introducing Logic Models for Program Planning and Evaluation
Erin Thorp
More Than Feeling Heard: Ontario Midwives Listen and Pay Attention in Order to Provide Flexible and Creative, Responsive Client Care
Emily Gillard
Postpartum Perineal Pain
Caroline Matteo
Break: 2:40 to 2:55 p.m.
Leadership Isn't What You Do After Clinical Practice... It's How You Practice
Carol Cameron
Contraception Care in Midwifery: Lessons from Crown Point
Mona Abdel-Fattah
Oxytocin Prophylaxis vs. Physiologic Third-Stage Care for Postpartum Hemorrhage Prevention in Physiologic Births: A Population-Based Cohort Study (2015–2022)
Vanessa Hebert
Time zone: All agenda times are shown in Eastern Time.
