Membership information

Membership categories

Membership categories are defined as follows:

  1. Full Member - a voting member who falls in one of these two categories:
    • Professionally Active Midwife - a midwife working full or part-time in any professional setting such as clinical practice, research, education, government, and others; or
    • Professionally Inactive Midwife - a midwife on a short or long-term leave, or permanently retired.
  2. Associate Member - a non-voting member who falls in one of these categories:
    • Student Midwife - a student enrolled in a midwifery education program or Indigenous midwifery education pathway;
    • Supportive Member - a member of the public who wishes to support the mission and vision of PEIMA, and is not a midwife or a midwifery student;
    • Honorary Member - a person who has given outstanding services to PEIMA and/or to midwifery in nominated to the Board and approved by the voting membership.

Membership fees

To maintain PEIMA membership, all fees are payable annually before January 1 of each year for the coming calendar year.

Full membership
Professionally Active Midwife
Includes professional liability insurance (HIROC)
$484.45
Professionally Inactive Midwife $30
Associate membership
Student Midwife
Includes CAM membership
$30
Supportive Member $30
Honorary Member $0

To apply for membership, please fill out and submit the Membership Application Form. You will receive the instructions for payment from the Treasurer after your application is reviewed and approved.