The College of Midwives of Ontario Board met on November 5, 2025. The Board made governance changes, discussed the College’s 2026-29 Strategic Framework, rescinded the Blood Borne Virus Standard, and more.
The College of Midwives of Ontario is looking to engage a governance consultant to assist us with implementing a third-party Board effectiveness assessment.
The College of Midwives of Ontario Board rescinded the Blood Borne Virus Standard following recent policy changes made by other health regulators and after conducting an equity review. Some other factors that the Board considered are listed in this article.
The College’s Board of Directors has recently approved the establishment of a Nominations Committee and is looking to recruit and appoint three to four persons to the Committee. The Nominations Committee is a new non-statutory committee responsible for facilitating recruitment, appointments, and elections processes for the College’s Board and Committees, in alignment with the College’s By-laws, policies, and reporting requirements.
On December 3, the College was pleased to partner with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario to host a webinar on Addressing Ableism in Health Care, presented by Dr. Hilary Brown (University of Toronto). Held on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the session offered an important opportunity to reflect on how health systems – including midwifery care – can more effectively identify, interrupt, and prevent ableism.
The College of Midwives of Ontario recently had the opportunity to express our support for several proposed expansions to professional scope: for chiropractors, chiropodists, dental hygienists, denturists, optometrists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and speech-language pathologists. These expansions were largely to medications these professionals can prescribe and administer, and access to diagnostic imaging. Read the messages we shared with the Ministry of Health through their public consultation in November, 2025.
The College of Midwives of Ontario, in collaboration with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists, invites you to an upcoming webinar on Addressing Ableism in Health Care with speaker Hilary Brown – Associate Professor, Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto.
The College will introduce competency-based assessment in 2026 as a tool to help our Registration Committee develop customized requalification plans for applicants.
On Friday, October 31, the government advised the College of Midwives of Ontario that an amendment to O. Reg 188/24,…
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