The Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) is the national organization representing midwives and the profession of midwifery in Canada.

What CAM Does:

• Advocates for midwifery integration into the healthcare system across all provinces and territories.

• Provides national leadership on issues impacting midwifery practice.

• Collaborates with Indigenous midwifery organizations to support culturally appropriate care.

• Offers guidance, position statements, and professional development opportunities for midwives.

• Works on both domestic and international maternal health projects.

The SOGC’s mission is to promote excellence in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology and to advance the health of women and pregnant people through leadership, advocacy, collaboration, and education.

What do they do?

• Provide clinical practice guidelines (similar to ACOG) for Canadian obstetrical and gynecological care.

• Offer continuing education for physicians, midwives, nurses, and allied health professionals.

• Advocate for reproductive and sexual health rights and high standards in maternal and newborn care.

The World Health Organization leads and champions global efforts to achieve better health for all.

Established in 1960, Lamaze is a not-for-profit organization working to advance safe and healthy pregnancy birth and early parenting through evidence-based education and advocacy with over six decades of research behind them.

Montessori education is student-led and self-paced but guided, assessed, and enriched by knowledgeable and caring teachers, the leadership of their peers, and a nurturing environment.
The Montessori Method fosters rigorous, self-motivated growth for children and adolescents in all areas of their development—cognitive, emotional, social, and physical. The Canadian Council of Montessori AdministratorsThe Canadian Council of Montessori Administrators