PCMCH Spotlight: ‘Remi Ejiwunmi

A Passion for Helping People

Milestones Newsletter | Issue 9, Winter 2025

'Remi Ejiwunmi

Since she was a child, ‘Remi Ejiwunmi has been passionate about helping others. This passion, coupled with her curiosity about the world and her lived experience of multiple different cultures, led her to a career in healthcare, particularly primary care and midwifery.

“The thing that really attracted me to midwifery is that it bridges the home, community and hospital settings,” she said. “The birthing process is a biologically and culturally significant event, which has the potential for complexity and unpredictability. I love that I get to contribute to helping patients achieve their version of success.”

A British-born settler of Armenian and Nigerian ancestry, ‘Remi has nearly three decades of experience as a midwife and healthcare leader. She is Co-Chair of PCMCH’s Maternal-Newborn Committee and a member of the PCMCH Governing Council. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, adjunct scientist at McMaster University Midwifery Research Centre, and supports health systems organizations, such as the Association of Ontario Midwives, HIROC, BORN Ontario and others. Last year, she was appointed by Trillium Health Partners as the first Vice President of the future Shah Family Hospital for Women and Children.

An advocate for inclusive and equitable care

‘Remi is a strong advocate for equity and inclusion in perinatal and paediatric healthcare. She is a founding member of the Black Reproductive Health Work Group, which seeks to reduce inequities in the Black community.

She believes that building health equity and inclusion and embedding anti-racist practices elevates everyone, including healthcare providers. She’s also proud of the steps PCMCH has taken towards improving health equity, internally and by developing resources for pregnant people who are disabled and belong to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

“By enhancing care for the people most marginalized in our society, we elevate care for everyone else,” she said. She added that “anti-racism is about improving the systems and processes that have harmed equity-deserving populations.”

Improving health outcomes with PCMCH

‘Remi’s first interactions with PCMCH were as a clinician. She got involved in perinatal and neonatal initiatives related to implementing DYAD-based care. Later she participated as a member of working groups leading initiatives on low-risk maternity care and – during the height of the pandemic – COVID-19, the development of critically important resources for pregnant people.

She enjoys contributing to PCMCH because she gets to collaborate with diverse, interdisciplinary teams, consisting of health system thinkers and leaders as well as individuals with lived experience.

“I like the people I get to work with, who are focused on how we can make this system better,” she said. “I feel that PCMCH’s work to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities aligns with the way that I have conducted myself as a health system leader and as a clinician.”

PCMCH would like to thank ‘Remi Ejiwunmi for granting us this interview and sharing her experiences.

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