Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Nov 11th 2018, 4:26 pm
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Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Hi everyone, I am looking for a bit of advice and I am sure that the questions will keep coming! I am a community midwife that is on call regularly to provide continuity and hoping to work in this way when we move to either Ontario or BC in summer 2020. Has anyone got any experience of working in either Provence? We want to make the move from the UK to improve quality of life (We are an outdoors family with 2 teenage sons). What I am keen to know from your experiences
1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
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1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
😊
Nov 11th 2018, 4:57 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
It’s looking more likely that we will be setting in Ontario as we have friends that are there already
Nov 11th 2018, 7:48 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Midwives in BC are regulated, and a university degree in nursing specialising in midwifery is necessary.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
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Nov 11th 2018, 9:08 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Midwives in BC are regulated, and a university degree in nursing specialising in midwifery is necessary.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
It’s more the unknown financial part that is fhe biggest worry, it’s really hard to gauge from online posts and job advertisements to what I would be earning, darn money playing such an important part, as I know we would really settle and be happy based in Canada!
Nov 11th 2018, 10:49 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Midwives in BC are regulated, and a university degree in nursing specialising in midwifery is necessary.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
We also have doolahs, who are untrained people acting as midwives, coaching mothers before and after pregnancy. They are also regulated in BC.
i don't know about Ontario .............. but nurses in all provinces are highly regulated and unionised. It is often difficult to get on to the full time list as soon as you apply. Most start on either on-call, or part-time, and then work their way through length of service until they get full time.
To practice as a midwife in BC as an internationally educated midwife please look at the following website
https://iembp.midwifery.ubc.ca/
For Ontario this is the website
https://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce/default.aspx?id=2161
Its a very different system to the UK, Midwives in both Ontario and BC are basically self employed ( although are paid by the government health systems).
Hope this helps. Be prepared to jump through lots of hoops and the bridging courses can be quite expensive!
Good luck
Nov 11th 2018, 10:58 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Hi everyone, I am looking for a bit of advice and I am sure that the questions will keep coming! I am a community midwife that is on call regularly to provide continuity and hoping to work in this way when we move to either Ontario or BC in summer 2020. Has anyone got any experience of working in either Provence? We want to make the move from the UK to improve quality of life (We are an outdoors family with 2 teenage sons). What I am keen to know from your experiences
1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
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1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
😊
2. Yes
3.yes, but I’m moving back next year.
( feel free to PM me)
Nov 11th 2018, 11:16 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
This isnt actually the case. Midwives have university degrees, but are not nurses. Doulas are not untrained midwives. Doulas do supportive care during labour, and do not deliver babies.
To practice as a midwife in BC as an internationally educated midwife please look at the following website
https://iembp.midwifery.ubc.ca/
For Ontario this is the website
https://ce-online.ryerson.ca/ce/default.aspx?id=2161
Its a very different system to the UK, Midwives in both Ontario and BC are basically self employed ( although are paid by the government health systems).
Hope this helps. Be prepared to jump through lots of hoops and the bridging courses can be quite expensive!
Good luck
I was basing it on the fact that a) the Midwifery programme is run out of the Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, and b) the graduates attend the same ceremony as the nursing graduates.
Nov 11th 2018, 11:17 pm
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Re: Working as a midwife in Ontario or BC
Hi everyone, I am looking for a bit of advice and I am sure that the questions will keep coming! I am a community midwife that is on call regularly to provide continuity and hoping to work in this way when we move to either Ontario or BC in summer 2020. Has anyone got any experience of working in either Provence? We want to make the move from the UK to improve quality of life (We are an outdoors family with 2 teenage sons). What I am keen to know from your experiences
1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
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1, how do the wage compare to the UK? After expenses and taxes, I plan to work full time
2, do you find you have more disposable income after living expenses?
3, are you glad you made the move?
Thanks in anticipation
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Ah - Ontario for sure then!
You may find these sites of use:
JobBank - wages, Midwife, Canada wide, by Province - you can also see jobs here: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/marketrepo...ation/25500/ca
College of Midwives, Ontario, Internationally Trained: College of Midwives of Ontario
Healthforce Ontario - Internationally Trained Midwives: Registration Requirements
We do encourage people to post questions and information on the forum rather than via pm's - both for anyone else that may be looking for information in the future, and also so that any erroneous information can be corrected.
Thanks for understanding
Nov 12th 2018, 5:40 pm
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Thank you all so much for your reply’s, I have already research the transition part of getting my qualification accepted in Canada and am happy to jump through whatever hoop if I was sure it was the best thing to do! I am so sure the lifestyle aspect will suit us all as a family and In work, it’s just ensuring that financially we would be stable and be able to enjoy the new lifestyle, and that’s where I hoping to get some real life experience from others.....
we we are very excited by the possibilities
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we we are very excited by the possibilities
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Nov 12th 2018, 8:49 pm
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One question ............... have you ever been to Canada to see whether you like the country in person?
Second question ............. how old are your sons, and what do they feel about leaving the UK for a very different life and schooling?
Second question ............. how old are your sons, and what do they feel about leaving the UK for a very different life and schooling?
Nov 12th 2018, 9:40 pm
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The 16 year old will most likely continue with his A levels homeschooled and he is planning to go to university to study earth sciences to become a palaeontologist, the best universities are in the US, so closer if he did decide to study there...
we will be moving before our youngest starts choosing his options for GCSE’s and before starting high school in Canada.
They are both on board and up for the move, they are really active outdoor types, and even though they worry about leaving their friends they can see the opportunities.
Nov 12th 2018, 9:59 pm
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They will be 13 and 16
The 16 year old will most likely continue with his A levels homeschooled and he is planning to go to university to study earth sciences to become a palaeontologist, the best universities are in the US, so closer if he did decide to study there...
we will be moving before our youngest starts choosing his options for GCSE’s and before starting high school in Canada.
They are both on board and up for the move, they are really active outdoor types, and even though they worry about leaving their friends they can see the opportunities.
As always, I'm bemused by the reference to the boys being "outdoor types" and wonder what kind of outdoors Canada is expected to have that the UK does not.
Nov 12th 2018, 10:30 pm
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I don't know how financially feasible attending university in the US might be but I can say that my children were coached for the US SAT exams while attending an ordinary, state funded, high school in Canada. Lots of high school graduates went on to US universities so the school was set up for that. I would think it more effective to exploit such expertise than to go the home schooling route. (Assuming neither parent has recent experience of the US university admissions procedures).
As always, I'm bemused by the reference to the boys being "outdoor types" and wonder what kind of outdoors Canada is expected to have that the UK does not.
As always, I'm bemused by the reference to the boys being "outdoor types" and wonder what kind of outdoors Canada is expected to have that the UK does not.
We we are looking into all aspects of what will be the best options to inform our final decision, and I personally wanted to see if any Midwives who work in the areas could provide some real experiences. Hence my original question. Thanks for your answer to high schools though, it's definitely food for thought!
