“On the International Day of the Midwife, we celebrate the vital role midwifery plays in supporting traditional birthing practices in communities, and the positive impact midwives have in the lives of mothers, babies and families. Midwifery and access to birth supports in communities to keep moms and babies close to family and home is an important part of the Government of Canada’s work to ensure equitable, culturally safe, community-led and distinctions-based approaches to health services.”
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“Today’s day of remembering was inspired by Jaime Black’s REDress art installation project, which included red dresses placed in public spaces as a visual reminder of the pain and loss felt by families and survivors of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.”
Today we are especially grateful to the Canadian Perinatal mental health coalition for their impressive advocacy raising public and professional awareness to ensure that people who experience pregnancy-related mental illness have access to the resources and supports they need.
A modern and capable military is critical to Canada’s domestic security and our contribution on the world stage. This includes our role in domestic maritime search and rescue.
More than 3 million people in Canada have a food allergy and as many as 400,000 of them have celiac disease. To recognize the challenges they face on a daily basis, we mark the Food Allergy Awareness Month and the Celiac Awareness Month each May.
The first week of May marks National Hospice Palliative Care Week, a time to celebrate and share achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation.
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, today issued the following statement: “This year, we celebrate 20 years of taking the time to highlight the history, achievements, and contributions, past and present, of people of Asian descent in Canada while continuing our fight against anti-Asian racism.
