post doctoral studies in the Netherlands

Up to recently, it looked like my husband and I were going to be moving the the US for his postdoctoral studies. Unfortunately, things are starting to get more and more complicated with his potential university, so we're starting to look at other options. At this point, we're also considering the UK (Cambridge) and the netherlands (I know, this is the Europe forum, I'll post my questions about the UK elsewhere).
We are both canadian and are looking at spending a year or so abroad for his post doctoral studies. We're having a hard time finding what type of visa we need as post doc students are neither students nor workers (or technically, they are both). It's training, but it's a paid university position, if that makes any sense.
Then we need to figure out how I can stay with my husband for his year away. I would be on maternity leave, having an income from Canada, and would not work in the netherlands (I'm a physician, in case that changes anything).
To top things off, Im due to deliver just a few weeks before our departure. I have already inquired about getting a passport for the little one in such a short time and the passport canada agent said there is a way to rush it, even before the official birth certificate is issued, so this part should be ok. It's the actual visa part that im more concerned about.
If someone could point me in the right direction, I would much appreciate.