Claire Dion Fletcher is a Lenape- Potawatomi and mixed settler Registered Midwife. Claire is an Assistant Professor at the Toronto Metropolitan University Midwifery Education Program. Her teaching focuses on Indigenous midwifery and social justice issues. Claire is past co-chair of the National Council of Indigenous Midwives. She completed her Master of Arts in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies at York University where her research focused on decolonized health care and Indigenous midwifery.

Jennifer Leason is an off-reserve member of the Pine Creek Indian Band, Manitoba, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, and Canada Research Chair, Tier II, Indigenous Maternal Child Wellness. Her research aims to address perinatal and maternal-child health disparities and inequities by examining maternity experiences, healthcare utilization, and social-cultural contexts of Indigenous maternal child wellness.

Join us Wednesday, April 24th 2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm as Claire & Jennifer presents on Decolonizing midwifery research through narratives: A discussion of Indigenous Midwifery digital stories

Date: April 24th at 12:00pm EST
Zoom link:https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/93428542799

Meeting ID:  934 2854 2799

For more information, email mmrc@mcmaster.ca