Jacqueline St B

(she/her) 🇬🇩🇨🇦
Registered Midwife (inactive). Reproductive freedom advocate. Mother of 2 inspiring little humans. Coffee dependant. Craft enthusiast.

[Healthcare For All @HealthForAllNow]

Imagine having a miscarriage or pregnancy complication but being denied care unless you pay thousands in fees‼️This is the reality for migrants in Ontario without status.

📹watch and share midwife Manavi Handa explaining how this is life-threatening👇#Healthcare4All #OnPoli

[S. Bear Bergman @sbearbergman]

When I teach professionals, I sometimes put them in groups to discuss and take notes. I specifically name that women are overwhelmingly called upon to serve as recorders, so I ask that every group assign a man to do this. The reactions are *wild*. Regularly, one man makes a 1/x

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

Support midwives' advocacy to remove unnecessary red tape and restrictions on their prescribing powers - so Ontarians can get the care they deserve. https://t.co/kTWsfcAqer

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

.@fordnation,@SylviaJonesMPP Red tape restricts midwives from prescribing medications affecting the ~30 000 Ontarians who receive midwifery care each year. Allow midwives to work to their full scope! #ONpoli

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

.@fordnation,@SylviaJonesMPP Midwives are urging Health Minister - do away with medication lists for midwives. Current restrictions hinder midwives from practising to full scope, create risk and inflate costs. #ONPoli

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

#Ontariomidwives stand in solidarity with CUPE education workers. Female-dominated sectors of work, gender pay gaps and the denial of fair bargaining hit very close to home.

#39kIsNotEnough #CUPESolidarity

https://t.co/b1gPohLOJ9

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

Blazing a trail through Canada’s legal landscape was made possible thanks to the tireless efforts & support of midwives, our legal team @mcornishequity @AdrienneTelfor1 @CavalluzzoLLP, organizations & individuals across Canada. THANK YOU for helping #Ontariomidwives make history.

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

We applaud @ONgov for making the right choice to not waste any more resources on a third appeal of midwives' human rights win! The AOM looks forward to working together with Minister of Health @SylviaJonesMPP to complete the implementation of the HRTO-ordered remedies.

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

The Ontario government has already lost two previous appeals of the HRTO decision in midwives' favour. The government's decision to not pursue a third appeal at Canada's highest court means the precedent-setting HRTO decision & remedy orders to close the gender wage gap stand.

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

After almost a decade of determined perseverance, Ontario #midwives can truly savour their landmark human rights victory: @ONThealth has confirmed they will not seek leave to appeal the HRTO #payequity decision for midwives at the Supreme Court of Canada.
https://t.co/Bknyn8qeYm

[Grace Huckins @grace_huckins]

When I started reporting on gender-affirming medical care and suicide, I knew a few things: There is research showing a positive relationship between receiving hormones/puberty blockers and mental health, the research is controversial, and studying this topic is tough.

[Planned Parenthood Toronto @PPofTO]

📣 WHAT *NOT* TO DO IN RESPONSE TO THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE: A GUIDE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN CANADA 📣

❌ DON'T push for legislation in Canada. ✅ Fight to strengthen the enforcement of the Canada Health Act. Learn more about this from @AbortionRights + @actioncanadashr

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

So much fun volunteering with my small human @yorkprideca yesterday! Shoutout to the amazing organizers who pulled off a phenomenal festival with a fraction of the human resources they're used to. So much love & all the good vibes in #Newmarket yesterday! ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜#happypride

[Janis Dalacker @JDalacker]

It’s well overdue to stop wasting our taxpayers dollars… @fordnation How many wins do Ontario Midwives have to get before the courts for Government to pay us fairly? #MidwivesKeepWinning #PayEquity #NoMoreAppeals

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

"Les sages femmes demandent l’arbitrage et finalement une investissement pour abolir le sexisme. @fordnation, arrêtez d’utiliser les impôts des Ontariens pour se battre en cours." Kim Cloutier Holts

#MidwivesKeepWinning. #NoMoreAppeals

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

"Government has denied midwives arbitration, leaving us no option but to fight for our rights in courts." Kim Cloutier Holts

Midwives launched a human rights claim in 2013 & won. 2 appeals later & #MidwivesKeepWinning. @fordnation how many losses will it take? #NoMoreAppeals

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

"Ontario government has been fighting midwives in court for almost a decade & each time we’ve won.... @fordnation stop wasting more tax dollars fighting midwives. Cut the gender penalty from midwifery pay & let’s move forward." @JasminTecson
#MidwivesKeepWinning #NoMoreAppeals

[The OHRC @OntHumanRights]

Today the Court of Appeal upheld an HRTO decision finding Ontario midwives experienced gender-based discrimination in compensation. The OHRC intervened to defend midwives’ right to pay equity and address systemic discrimination. Read more: https://t.co/M6aJiAEsZp

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

Another court unanimously and unequivocally sides with #OntarioMidwives. @fordnation, please stop wasting the good people of Ontario's money & resources on a fight you can't win. Y'know, because you're wrong. #NoMoreAppeals #NoMoreDiscrimination #StopFightingMidwivesInCourt

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

Midwives keep winning in the fight to close the gender pay gap.
The Ontario government has lost a second legal appeal, this time with the highest court in the province.
#MidwivesKeepWinning #NoMoreAppeals #CloseTheGap https://t.co/zdW2iPKJvw

[Jacqueline St B @jaxxisms]

Thank you, @angelynsayshi, for sharing #OntaMidwives' pay equity story! Almost 10 years of legal proceedings & #MidwivesKeepWinning - yet still waiting for the ON government to complete the work to close the #genderwagegap. Every win is gratifying but the fight is exhausting.

[Ontario Midwives @ontariomidwives]

Another win for #OntarioMidwives! Time for government to stop wasting tax dollars on costly appeals. #MidwivesKeepWinning #NoMoreAppeals

Ontario court upholds pay equity ruling for midwives: ‘We’re tired of being devalued’ https://t.co/ejle71A0rT via @torontostar