Dianne Pudas, since 1983 worked locally, provincially and nationally to help develop consumer responsive midwifery care. In 1989 she was appointed to the Interim Regulatory Council on Midwifery by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. There, she helped develop the midwifery legislation and standards of practice that are now the foundation of midwifery practice in this province. Dianne has an eclectic background in women’s health issues and her focus is working with pregnant women and their families. She is a former childbirth educator, lactation consultant and registered Medical Laboratory Technologist. Dianne holds two university degrees including a BSc. (Industrial Chemistry) 1979 and a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Midwifery) 1997. Ms Pudas is a clinical preceptor for midwifery, nursing and medical students.
	Eileen Abbey trained as a midwife in England in 1989, and has worked extensively in the more remote areas of Canada, namely the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Northern Saskatchewan. Ms. Abbey has worked with people from many different cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds, especially in the last 8 years with First Nations and Inuit people. Ms. Abbey gained registration with the College of Midwives of Ontario through the Prior Learning Education and Experience Assessment. Formal training is BSc. Hons. Chemistry, Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife. Ms. Abbey is a clinical preceptor for midwifery, nursing and medical students.
	Barbara Kemeny graduated as a midwife from the University Woman’s Hospital Tübingen/Germany, in December 1973; completed the Ontario midwifery pre-registration program in 1993; completed the Quebec midwifery competency exams in 1993. She has extensive experience working in a variety of cultures and settings including remote and isolated areas. Ms. Kemény has taught Inuit women to become community midwives in order to keep birth in the North. She is a Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor, Fetal Surveillance Instructor and an Emergency Skills Instructor. Ms. Kemény was amongst the first group of midwives to be recognized and registered in Ontario on December 31, 1993 and was one of the successful driving forces to introduce midwifery to this region. Ms. Kemény has been on the steering committee and a strong advocate in establishing the Maternity Center. She was a member of the medical executive at the Maternity Center and also she is the head midwife of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Center. Ms. Kemény is a clinical preceptor for midwifery, nursing and medical students.
	Mojgan Dostar is originally from Iran, and graduated as a midwife with Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery) in 1994. She worked as a full time midwife in Iran at the training and private hospitals labour and delivery unit. Ms. Dostar was the supervisor of Labour and Delivery unit in a private hospital. Ms. Dostar has worked in the remote areas and experienced breech deliveries and vacuum assisted birth as allowed and has worked with people from many different social and ethnic backgrounds. Midwifery is Ms. Dostar’s passion, and she really enjoys working with pregnant and non pregnant women. Ms. Dostar moved to Canada in 2001 and graduated from McMaster University with Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery) in 2009. She did her clinical placements in Hamilton and Toronto and she is a clinical preceptor for midwifery, nursing and medical students.
	Carey Murphy is a graduate from the Midwifery Education Program with a Bachelor of Health Science-Midwifery degree from Laurentian University. Carey was born and raised in Thunder Bay and has strong ties to the community. She and her husband have two children that were born into the hands of midwives. Prior to entering midwifery, Carey worked as a doula for several years, supporting women through their pregnancy and birth experiences. Carey was also active in the consumer group Advocates for Northern Midwifery Care who promotes and supports midwifery in the community. Additionally, Carey has a diploma in Early Childhood Education and has worked with young children and families for many years. Carey is extremely pleased to be practicing in this community.
	Holliday Tyson (Locum Midwife) was educated as a midwife in England from 1979 - 1982, and has an undergraduate education in Canada in arts and sciences from the University of Toronto and Lakehead University, a Masters in Health Sciences Degree at McMaster University, and a Certificate in Tropical and Community Medicine and Health from the Liverpool School of Medicine. She has practiced midwifery since 1982, with experience in Africa, India, Russia and Australia as a clinician and teacher, and in Ontario has practiced in Toronto, Sudbury and Thunder Bay. She is also a registered nurse, a published researcher of peer reviewed articles, and texts, and a consultant in international maternal mortality issues for the WHO and International Medical Corps. She was co-author of the legislation which developed professional midwifery in Ontario, and a founding Director of the four year Midwifery degree program, a former President of the College of Midwives of Ontario and Co-registrar of the College of Midwives of Ontario. For the past eight years, she has been the Director of the International Midwifery Pre-registration