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Marking Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on October 15, the SOGC highlighted ongoing gaps in compassionate and consistent care for families experiencing early pregnancy loss or stillbirth and is calling for a National Stillbirth Strategy.

At the October 6–7, 2025 CPPC meeting, participants focused on defining how this now, not-for-profit, legal entity can advance perinatal care nationwide through collaboration among programs across Canada.

The session features Audra Borson, Manager of Patient Care in the Maternal Child Unit at Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, who shares how her team used BORN RSV data to guide and improve their local strategies.

This CARTR Plus report offers valuable information on treatment outcomes, patient demographics, and emerging practices—supporting evidence-based care and advancing reproductive health nationwide.

Check out the 2025 CARTR Plus Annual Report.

As part of Ontario’s expanded infant RSV prevention program, BORN Ontario began collecting data in fall 2024 to monitor uptake of nirsevimab and prenatal RSV vaccines across birthing hospitals. This infographic summarizes key findings from the first season of universal RSV immunization, highlighting uptake rates, hospital-level variation, and barriers to implementation.

BORN Ontario is developing new methods and partnerships—including work with CHEO, Black scholars, and community organizations—to improve collection and use of social determinants and health equity data for Black birthing people. This project includes funding for postdoctoral fellows and aims to help co-design models for better perinatal outcomes.

September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This important day honours the children who never returned home, the Survivors of the residential school system, and the families and communities who continue to feel its impacts.

A September 2025 publication evaluated the consistency of birth-related data between the BORN Information System and the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s Discharge Abstract Database (CIHI-DAD), which collects administrative, clinical, and demographic data on all hospital discharges.

The Champlain Maternal Newborn Regional Program (CMNRP) has expanded their Leadership Team to include a Regional Clinical Lead in Midwifery, a valuable addition to the regional network. Sylviane (Mico) Devos, R.M., has joined the CMNRP team as the first Regional Clinical Lead in Midwifery. Mico embodies strong leadership abilities and an exceptional commitment to high-quality perinatal care.

The Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) is a First Nations-led Tribal Council that provides customized support to five member communities in northwestern Ontario: Whitesand First Nation, Lac Seul First Nation, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Pikangikum First Nation, and Muskrat Dam First Nation. These communities, three of which are fly-in only, face unique challenges in accessing healthcare services due to their remote locations.