Decolonizing Childbirth: Inuit Midwifery and the Return of Delivery to the Canadian North

• Main Author: Gref, Katharina
• Other Authors: Department of International Development Studies, Master of Arts, Dr. Theresa Ulicki, Dr. John Cameron, Dr. Ajay Parasram, Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Not Applicable
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Midwifery; Inuit; Maternal Health; Decolonial; Midwife; Canada; Nunavik; Rankin Inlet; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/74142

Since the 1970s, the mandatory evacuation of Inuit women to southern Canada for hospitalized childbirth has resulted in many negative impacts on communities including a loss of culture in the form of traditional knowledge and midwifery practices, negative health and social outcomes due to emotional,...