MMRC 2023 Midwifery Research Symposium Day 1 - Dr. Karyn Kaufman, May 8, 2023 "From There to Where?"

Prof. Karyn Kaufman presents her keynote lecture "From There to Where?" at the MMRC 2023 Midwifery Research Symposium on Monday, May 8, 2023.
Lecture Description: A personal reflection about some of the challenges of 30 years ago for midwifery and midwifery education in Ontario and the achievements that have made a major impact here and elsewhere. New challenges now face a maturing profession within a health care system under strain where global health care needs are only increasing.
Speaker Bio: Prof. Karyn Kaufman, BSN, MS (Midwifery), DrPH is Professor Emerita at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She obtained an undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in midwifery from New York Medical College, a doctorate in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of British Columbia. She was a full-time faculty member at McMaster from 1974 until 2007 and continues to be involved in advisory committees and research projects. From 1986 until 1991, she was seconded to work part-time with the Ontario Ministry of Health to implement the legislative and policy framework of today’s midwifery profession. From the inception in 1993 of the Midwifery Education Program Consortium, she was the inaugural Director of the Midwifery Education Program and Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster, as well as a practicing midwife in Hamilton. In 2010, she was inducted into McMaster’s ‘Community of Distinction’ and in 2015 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Ontario Midwives. Karyn has consulted for Canadian provinces and territories on midwifery education and midwifery practice. She has been part of international midwifery education projects in Pakistan and Haiti, and was contracted by International Confederation of Midwives to help develop methods for assessing and strengthening midwifery education programs. In Canada, she has led the development and initiation of the accreditation process for midwifery education programs in Canadian universities.