Karline Wilson-Mitchell DrNP, RM, RN, CNM, FACNM,

Dr. Karline Wilson-Mitchell, who hails from Jamaica, is the first and only Black Canadian midwifery education professor.  She is the current director of the TMU, Midwifery department. She is passionate about reproductive justice that informs midwifery education, practice and global partnerships. She has been a registered nurse since 1984, and a midwife since 1992. She has worked as midwife in urban and rural settings in the U.S.and  Canada and a consultant for leadership and curriculum development in education in Jamaica, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, and South Sudan. Her new course, Black Birthing & Health Equity, launches in January 2024.   It examines African diasporic traditions around family, perinatal care, and challenges learners to develop creative ways of conceiving and recreating healthy birth environments for their family members.  Her scholarship problematizes the health disparities experienced by Black Canadians. She is the recipient of a SSHRC Connection grant which will help to launch the Colour of Birth Symposium and Living Art Exhibition February 1-2, 2024 at Sears Atrium.  This event will allow like-minded people to connect, to examine the historical narrative, explore current health stats, examine immigration and health worker policies, while interrogating the current healthcare system for Black reproductive healthcare.