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Tkaranto Ondaadizi-Gamig

Birth is a Ceremony

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In chapter 4, Roberta Pike– with contributors Cheryllee Bourgeois and Sara Booth– explore the Tkaranto Onddaazi-Gamig or The Toronto Birth Centre (TBC), which was envisioned as a culturally safe place for Indigenous families to give birth in a self-determined way. The TBC centres Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing; this framework guides the TBC’s governance and operations, placing the building of cultural integrity for all peoples at the centre of its activities: from teaching to governance to clinical care. This chapter explores the story of the TBC and the governance and leadership structures that guide it, as well as explores the stories of people who have used the TBC and how they can illustrate our understanding of decolonial equity in practice. This is followed by a recommendation for the next generations of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples taking up the work of seeking decolonial equity.

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Roberta Pike

Roberta Pike, MSW, is Anishinaabekwe from Henvey Inlet First Nation and the Executive Director of the Toronto Birth Centre.

Cheryllee Bourgeois

Cheryllee Bourgeois, AM, is a Cree-Métis Aboriginal Midwife working under the exception of the Ontario Midwifery Act. She is one of the original co-lead creators of the Toronto Birth Centre and Past President of its Board of Directors. She is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Midwifery at Ryerson University.

Sara Booth

Sara Booth, RM, is a Registered Midwife and settler, former Board Member, and current Clinical Director of the Toronto Birth Centre.