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Elizabeth Allemang

Elizabeth Allemang

Interim Director and Associate Professor
EducationRM, MA
OfficeDCC-658
Phone416-979-5000 ext. 557625

Elizabeth has been a midwife in Toronto since 1986 with the Midwives Collective of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital.  She was a founding member of the Association of Ontario Midwives and the College of Midwives of Ontario.  She was the first Co-Registrar of the College of Midwives of Ontario.  Elizabeth began teaching in the Midwifery Education Program (MEP) in 1996, first at McMaster University and later at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2000.

Elizabeth’s research interests include the history of midwifery, childbirth in popular culture, and the clinical learning and teaching process. Her Master of Arts research focused on oral histories of midwives who practiced prior to legal recognition in late twentieth century Ontario. She was a grant recipient of the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Shared Online Course Fund to develop a series of open access online learning modules for midwifery learners and teachers focused on clinical learning available in October 2015.  (PDF file) Elizabeth’s thesis (external link) 

  • Allemang E. Heroes and villains: representations of midwives in the late twentieth century Ontario midwifery revival. In: Burton N, editor. Natal Signs: cultural representations of pregnancy, birth and parenting. Toronto: Demeter Press; 2015. p. 94-126.
  • Allemang E. The midwife-witch on trial: historical fact or myth? Canadian Journal of
  • Midwifery Research and Practice. 2010 Spring; 9(1): 10-20.

  • Allemang E. Becoming autonomous midwives: learning and teaching tools for students, preceptors and faculty. International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress; 2014 June.
  • Allemang E. Recording history: oral history narratives of Ontario pre-legislation midwives. Plenary Speaker. Canadian Confederation of Midwives Annual Conference; 2012 October.
  • Allemang E. Exploring the myth of the midwife-witch. Invitational Speaker. Canadian Association of Midwives Annual Conference; 2009 October.

  • Allemang E., Writing protocols and navigating your way. Panel Presenter. The Pen is Mighty, Preconference Workshop, Association of Ontario Midwives Annual Conference, 2015 May.
  • Allemang E. Assisting the Struggling Clinical Learner. Invitational Speaker. Preceptor
    Continuing Education Webinar, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium;
    2014 March.
  • Allemang E. Women at the centre of Ontario midwifery: past, present & future.
    Invitational Speaker. Looking Back/Moving Forward Workshop for Clerkship Students,
    Midwifery Education Program/Ryerson University; 2012-2014 December.
  • Allemang E. Educating for parenthood: where’s the reality in reality TV. Guest Lecturer. Birth and Its Meanings, Midwifery Education Program, Ryerson University; 2010-2013 November.
  • Allemang E. Women at the centre of care: historical roots of the Ontario midwifery
    model. Invitational Speaker. Member Education Day, College of Midwives of Ontario;
    2012 November.
  • Allemang E. Growing from our roots: voices from pre-legislation midwives. Opening
    Speaker. Midwifery Education Program Student Conference, Association of Ryerson
    Midwifery Students; 2012 September.
  • Allemang E. Teaching to the widest role and scope of midwifery. Web Conference Workshop Presenter and Facilitator. Faculty Development Workshop, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium; 2012 January.
  • Allemang E. Teaching primary care management, prevention of placement breakdown. Web Conference Workshop Facilitator. Faculty Development Workshop Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium. 2010 November.
  • Allemang E. Looking to our past for looking to our future: messages from pre-legislation midwives. Plenary Speaker. Association of Ontario Midwives Annual Conference. 2012 May.
  • Allemang E. The role of the witch in midwives’ identity formation. Guest Lecturer. Birth and its Meanings, Midwifery Education Program, Ryerson University; 2010 October.
  • Allemang E. Teaching primary care. Presenter and Workshop Facilitator. Faculty Development Workshop, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium; 2010 February.
  • Allemang E. The natural childbirth movement in Canada. Guest Lecturer. Birth and Its Meanings, Midwifery Education Program, Ryerson University; 2009 November.
  • Allemang E. When clinical learners are struggling: remediation in the midwifery education program. Workshop Presenter. Association of Ontario Midwives Annual Conference; 2009 May.
  • Allemang E. “My preceptor/tutor/student is...” meaningful feedback between students & teachers in the mep: the student-preceptor-tutor triangle. Workshop Presenter. Preceptor Conference, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium; 2009 March.
  • Allemang E. Too grumpy to teach: strategies to deal with frustration in clinical teaching. Workshop Facilitator. Preceptor Conference, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium; 2008 March.
  • Allemang E. When clinical learners are struggling: remediation in the midwifery education program. Panel Presenter. Preceptor Conference, Ontario Midwifery Education Program Consortium; 2008 March.