Karen Lawford

Contributor

Dr. Karen Lawford has a PhD from the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa, holds a faculty position at Queens University and is an Aboriginal midwife from Namegosibiing (Lac Seul First Nation, Treaty 3) and a registered midwife (Ontario). Her research focuses on the provision of maternity care for those who live on reserve and understanding the barriers to equitable reproductive health services.

2 Contributions

Jan 5, 2022

by Stephanie Ragganandan Karen Lawford

Challenging oppressive maternity health care in Canada

Improving health care must begin by recognizing the interconnected webs of colonization woven into all health-care systems in Canada. A good place to start would be at the beginning – with maternity care and birth.

Feb 25, 2021

by Karen Lawford ...

COVID-19 death highlights dangers of birth evacuation policy in Indigenous communities

The death of Silatik Qavvik is the result of Health Canada’s birth evacuation policy and an appalling lack of government-funded maternity care in rural and remote Indigenous communities.