Innu Midwifery Program

Innu Midwifery Program The Innu Midwifery Program aims to reintroduce Innu Midwives to the Innu communities of Labrador.

The program includes community-based Indigenous midwifery education and training.

Congratulations to Christina Savard-Saviadjuk, the newest Inuk midwife! What an achievement. This is so wonderful for th...
09/02/2026

Congratulations to Christina Savard-Saviadjuk, the newest Inuk midwife! What an achievement. This is so wonderful for the community of Salluit, Nunavik.

πŸŽ‰πŸ‘Ά Celebrating Christina Savard-Saviadjuk, our new Inuk midwife!

It is with immense pride and joy that we celebrate Christina Savard-Saviadjuk as she officially earns her title as a midwife.

Christina began her midwifery training at the Salluit maternity centre in 2016. Over the past ten years, she has shown extraordinary dedication, perseverance, courage, and passion throughout her journey, all while raising her five children and remaining deeply committed to her community.

Throughout her training, Christina consistently distinguished herself as a compassionate, dependable, and hardworking member of the Salluit maternity team. Her strength and commitment were especially evident during last summer’s critical staffing shortages, when maternity services faced significant challenges. During this demanding period, Christina became an essential source of support for her colleagues and helped ensure the continuity of vital maternity services despite reduced staffing and the absence of an immediate replacement plan for several months.

Today, we are incredibly proud to celebrate Christina as a new Inuk midwife. Her achievement is not only an important personal milestone, but also a meaningful moment for Salluit, for Inuulitsivik, and for Inuit-led maternity care in Nunavik.

Christina, your journey is inspiring, and your accomplishment fills us with pride. Congratulations on this remarkable achievement. We cannot wait to see the positive difference you will continue to make for mothers, babies, families, and your community. πŸ’œ

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πŸŽ‰πŸ‘Ά α…α±α’α“²α‘Žα’‹α•™α•—α‘¦ ᑲᔅᑏᓇ α“΄α•šα•-α“΄α••αŠα•α”ͺα’ƒ, ᐃᓅᑦᓱᓂ ᓄᑖᒧᑦ ᐃᓕα”ͺα–… ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᔨᒋᓯᔭᕗᑦ

αŠα‘¦α“±α’ͺα•†αŠα“—α’ƒ ᐅᐱα’ͺᑦᓱᑕ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— αŠα“•αŠα‘¦α‘α’α‘¦ ᑕᒐ α–α••αŠα’‹α‘¦α“±α’ ᑲᔅᑏᓇ α“΄α•šα•-α“΄α••αŠα•α”ͺα’ƒ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅα”ͺα‘Žα’α‘¦ α±α’α“±αŠα•‹α’₯ᐅᒃ ᐱᔭᖃᕐα’ͺᑦ α‘Œα”­α…α’α‘Žα’‹α“•α•α“—α’ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᔨᐅᓂᕐα’₯α’ƒ.

ᑲᔅᑏᓇ α±α’‹αŠα•α“‚α–α–… ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᔨᑦᓴᐅᓂᕐα’₯α’ƒ αƒα“•α“α“‚αŠα“―α‘¦α“±α“‚ α‘Œα‘²α“‚ α“΄α“ͺᓗᐃᑦ αƒα•α“‚α“±α‘¦α“°α••αŠα“‚ 2016 α’₯. ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒍᑫᓐᓇᑐᓂ α‘•α“ͺα“•α’ͺᐅα”ͺᕐᑐᓂ ᖄᖏᕐᑐᓂ, α‘•α‘―α‘¦α“΄α…α‘Žα‘‰α³α–… ᐱᐅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕙᑦᑑᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓅᕐᑐα’₯α’ƒ ᑐᓂα’ͺα“‚α–“, α±α‘¦α“΄α•‹α“±αŠα•α“±α“‚, ᓴᐱᓕᑦᔭᒐᓂ, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᑲᑦᓱᙰᑦᑑᕕᒋᑦᓱᒍ α±α’α“±αŠα•α“‚α“•α’«α•α’₯α“‚ α±α’‹αŠα“•α•α“‚α•‹α’₯ᓂᑦ, ᑕᒐᓗ α“±α“• ᕿᑐᕐᖓᓕᕆᒻα’₯α“±α“‚ α±α•ˆα•α“΄α“±α’‹α‘¦ α‘•α“ͺα“•α’ͺα“‚α’ƒ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— α‘²α”ͺα“―α”ͺα’₯α’ƒ αŠα‘¦α“±αŠα“—α’ƒ ᐃᑲα”ͺᕐᑐᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᒻα’₯ᓄᑦ.

αƒα“•α“α“‚αŠα•‰α‘•α•†α“‚α“•α’«α•α’₯α“‚, ᑲᔅᑏᓇ α‘α‘­α’§αŠα‘¦α‘α’₯α’ƒ αƒα“•α‘•α•α“‡α•ˆα‘Žα–“ ᑖᑦᓱα’ͺ α‘Œα’ͺ ᐃᓗᖏᕐᑐᓱᓂ, α‘•α‘Žα’‹α“‡α•α‘‘α“±α“‚, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— α±α“‡α“±αŠα’»α’ͺᕆᖃᑕᐅα”ͺα–… α‘Œα‘²α“‚ α“΄α“ͺᓗᐃᑦ αƒα•α“‚α“±α‘¦α“°α••αŠα“‚ α±α“‡α“±αŠα•α‘α“„α‘¦. ᑖᑦᓱα’ͺ α“²α–‘α“‚α–“ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᑐᓂα’ͺα“‚α–“ ᓱᒐᓗᑦᑐα’₯α’ƒ ᖃᐅᔨα’ͺα“‡α•ˆα‘Žα–ƒα•α“±α“‚ α‘Œα‘°α“‡α…α‘Žα“ͺᓗᒍ αŠα•α•Œα“‚α…α“šα…α”ͺα”ͺα–… αŠα…α”­α’ƒα‘―α‘¦ α±α’‘α’α‘α•α“‡α‘Žα“ͺᓗᒍ α±α“‡α“±αŠα•α‘α“­α“ͺα“˜α‘Žα“ͺᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᔨᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᓇα“ͺᓗᕆᑦᑐα’₯α’ƒ α±α’α“±αŠα’»α’ͺα•†α“α“‡α‘α’ƒα‘°α•α‘Žα“ͺᓗᒍ. α‘Œα‘°α“‡ αŠα–‘α’ͺα’‹αŠα–ƒα•α“±α’ ᐱᕉᑕᕆᓐᓇα’₯, ᑲᔅᑏᓇ αŠα‘α“ͺα“—αŠα•†αŠα“•α’»α’₯α’ƒ α²α•α••α–ƒα“α–α“―αŠα•α“±α“‚ ᐃᑲα”ͺα•α‘Žα’‹α“‡α“šα…α”ͺα”ͺα–… α±α“‡α“±αŠα–ƒα‘Žα’₯ᓄᑦ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᐃᑲα”ͺᕐᓱᓂ α–α“šα•α“‡α–α‘¦α‘α‘―α‘¦ α‘²α”ͺα“―α‘Žα’‹αŠα“–α‘¦ α²α•α••α–ƒα•α“‡α‘Žα’ƒ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᕕᐅᑉ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕕᖏᓐᓂ α±α“‡α“±α‘¦α‘Žα“΄α–ƒα‘¦α“―αŠα‘Žα“α“‡α’ αƒα‘­α“—αŠα•α’ͺα‘• αŠα’»α’ͺα“— α±α‘•α–ƒα•α‘Žα“‡α’ ᐃᓇᖐᓯα’ͺα”ͺα‘¦α“΄α“•αŠα’α“―α’ͺα”ͺα“‚α’ƒ ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᓯα’ͺα‘¦α“±α‘Žα’ƒ ᐊα’₯ᓱᒐᓛᓂ α‘•α–…α•Ώα“‚.

ᐅα“ͺα“—α’₯, αŠα‘¦α“±α’ͺᕆᒃ ᐅᐱα’ͺα”ͺᒍᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᑦᓱᒍ ᑲᔅᑏᓇ α‘Œα’«α’ƒ ᓄᑖᒍᑦᓱᓂ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᔨ ᐃᓄᒃ. ᑖᑦᓱα’ͺ α±α”­α–ƒα‘¦α“―αŠα•ˆα‘Žα–“ ᓇᒻα’₯ᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᑐᐃᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᖃᐅα’ͺα“‡α•α“‚αŠα‘α–…, α‘­α“―α’₯α“— ᐋα“ͺᓛᑦ αŠα‘α•α“‡α‘‘α‘¦α“±α“‚ ᓇα“ͺᓕᐅᑐᖅ α“΄α“ͺᓗᓄᑦ ᐱα”ͺα’₯α’ƒ, ᐃᓅᓕᑦᓯᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐱα”ͺα’₯α’ƒ, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— αƒα“„α’ƒα‘Žα’α‘¦-αŠα…α“šα‘•α…α”ͺα’₯α’ƒ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᑦᓰᕕᒻα’₯ α‘²α’ͺᒋᔭᐅᓂᕐα’₯α’ƒ ᓄᓇᕕᖕα’₯.

α‘²α”…α‘α“ˆ, ᐃᓅᓯᓐᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋα”ͺα–… α‘²α”ͺα–α•α‘Žα‘•α…α“α“‡α³α–…, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᐱᔭᕆᓯα’ͺα“•α•α‘Œα‘¦ ᐃᓗα’₯α’α‘Žα’‹α•™α•—α‘¦ ᐅᐱα’ͺᓂᕐα’₯α’ƒ. αŠα“•αŠα’α‘¦α”¨α”ͺᒍᑦ α‘•α’ƒα•™α“‚ ᐊα”ͺᒉᑦᑐα’₯α’ƒ α‘Žα‘­α…α‘Žα”­α•α“„α‘¦. ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑐᒍᑦ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᖁᔭα“ͺα“•α”ͺᒍᑦ αƒα“šα’‹α’‹αŠα•α±α‘¦ α‘–α’ƒα‘°α“±α‘• ᐃᓅᓕᑦᓯᕕᒃ α‹α“α“‚αŠα••α’»α’₯ α±α“‡α“±α‘¦α‘α‘Žα’α‘¦, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— α•Ώα“šα“ˆα•α‘α’α‘¦ α‘•α‘―α”ͺα’ͺᑦᓱᒍ α’ͺα‘­α‘Žα’‹α“‡α•α‘α’₯α’ƒ α±α“‚αŠα•†αŠα’₯α’ƒ ᐱᕙα“ͺᓕᓇᕐᓱᓂ α‘²α”ͺᓯᔦᓐᓂ α‘–α’ƒα‘―α“„α–“ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᓕᓐᓄᑦ, α“„α‘•α•Œα±α“α“„α‘¦, αƒα“šα’Œα“„α‘¦, αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᓄᓇᑦᓯᓄᑦ. πŸ’œ

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πŸŽ‰πŸ‘Ά FΓ©licitations Γ  Christina Savard-Saviadjuk, notre nouvelle sage-femme Inuk

C’est avec une immense fiertΓ© et une grande joie que nous soulignons aujourd’hui l’accomplissement de Christina Savard-Saviadjuk, qui porte dΓ©sormais officiellement le titre de sage-femme.

Christina a entrepris sa formation en pratique sage-femme au Centre de maternitΓ© de Salluit en 2016. Au cours des dix derniΓ¨res annΓ©es, elle a fait preuve d’une dΓ©termination, d’une persΓ©vΓ©rance et d’une passion remarquables tout au long de son parcours, tout en Γ©tant une mΓ¨re dΓ©vouΓ©e de cinq enfants et une personne profondΓ©ment engagΓ©e envers sa communautΓ©.

Tout au long de sa formation, Christina s’est dΓ©marquΓ©e par son professionnalisme, sa compassion et son dΓ©vouement envers les familles et son Γ©quipe. Son engagement a Γ©tΓ© particuliΓ¨rement marquant lors de la pΓ©nurie critique de personnel vΓ©cue l’étΓ© dernier. Dans un contexte oΓΉ les services de maternitΓ© faisaient face Γ  d’importants dΓ©fis, Christina a jouΓ© un rΓ΄le essentiel auprΓ¨s de son Γ©quipe Γ  Salluit, contribuant Γ  maintenir les services de maternitΓ© malgrΓ© un effectif rΓ©duit et l’absence de relΓ¨ve pendant plusieurs mois.

Aujourd’hui, nous sommes extrΓͺmement fiers de cΓ©lΓ©brer Christina Γ  titre de nouvelle sage-femme Inuk. Son accomplissement reprΓ©sente non seulement une Γ©tape importante de son parcours personnel, mais aussi un moment porteur d’espoir et de fiertΓ© pour Salluit, pour le Centre de santΓ© Inuulitsivik et pour l’avenir des services de maternitΓ© dirigΓ©s par les Inuit au Nunavik.

Christina, ton parcours est une source d’inspiration pour nous tous et ton accomplissement nous remplit de fiertΓ©. FΓ©licitations pour cette rΓ©ussite exceptionnelle! Nous avons hΓ’te de te voir continuer Γ  faire une diffΓ©rence auprΓ¨s des mΓ¨res, des bΓ©bΓ©s, des familles et de toute la communautΓ©. πŸ’œ

Please join us again this Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 pm at the Innu Midwifery Program in the IRT building for a fun aft...
09/01/2026

Please join us again this Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 pm at the Innu Midwifery Program in the IRT building for a fun afternoon with your babies.

Please message us by 1:00 pm if you need a ride.

Welcome back to the Innu Midwifery Program, Lindsey Reinhart, Registered Midwife. We look forward to working with you fo...
09/01/2026

Welcome back to the Innu Midwifery Program, Lindsey Reinhart, Registered Midwife. We look forward to working with you for the month of September.

A big thank you, Jocelyn Jelsma, Registered Midwife for your amazing midwifery work, support to all of us, and the Innu ...
09/01/2026

A big thank you, Jocelyn Jelsma, Registered Midwife for your amazing midwifery work, support to all of us, and the Innu Midwifery Program. We can’t wait to see you again in November.

08/27/2026
The Innu Midwifery Program had a great group of parents, babies, and midwifery staff gather together yesterday for a tim...
08/27/2026

The Innu Midwifery Program had a great group of parents, babies, and midwifery staff gather together yesterday for a time of fun activities, song, and play time. Thank you, all for coming.

The Innu student midwives created a welcoming fun space to gather, with fresh muffins, cheese and crackers and door prizes.

We heard from parents about activities they would enjoy at the parent / baby group and we look forward to putting those into our plans for next time.

08/26/2026

"To stabilize our whole maternal child health service here, we have to recruit the right mix of care providers β€” and that includes physicians, specialists, midwives, nurses," Lesley Paulette said. "Then, we have to work on creating models of care that empower all of those care providers."

Read more:
πŸ”— https://indigenousmidwifery.ca/news/11570862

08/25/2026
Please join us again this Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 pm at the Innu Midwifery Program in the IRT building for a fun aft...
08/25/2026

Please join us again this Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 pm at the Innu Midwifery Program in the IRT building for a fun afternoon with your babies. We will be in a bigger space.

Please message us by 1:00 pm if you need a ride.

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