Photo: Salluit midwives help moms have babies at home

Salluit midwife Maggie Tayara listens to three-day-old Hannah-Skai’s heartbeat during a home visit to her parents Christina Snowball and Victor Saviadjuk Nov. 18. Like other Nunavik midwives, Tayara graduated from the Inuulitsivik Midwifery Education Program which was launched in Puvirnituq in 1986 in an effort to bring birthing back to Nunavik. The program, which incorporates a blend of cultural and modern skills and knowledge, is now recognized by the Quebec Order of Midwives and the Quebec Ministry of Health. (PHOTO BY ISABELLE DUBOIS)