Doula Training Canada

Welcome!

Doula Canada exists in relation to each of our members’ individual professional goals.

Established in 2001, our team of experienced mentors has taken their years of international experience and now offers it to modern birth workers who have a passion for creating change within their own communities.

Working towards certification is but one small discussion in the big world of birth work!

Birth work is active work, and we have created a program that guides our members through an exploration of standard theoretical concepts, the ubiquitous need for client-focused support, and how each person can take their knowledge to build a model of support that can evoke great change.

There are no “cookie cutter” birth workers here! Our program creates space for each member to explore, reflect, and grow.

Trauma-informed mentoring, a focus on individual needs, and an emphasis on collaboration.

We look forward to walking alongside you as you change birth culture!

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What Our Students Say…

Training with DTC to become a Birth Doula has been an amazing positive experience in my life. I feel so blessed to have joined a sensational group of women pushing the bar to educate, encourage and empower women during the most incredible journey of their life.
2016 Graduate
Thank again for today’s extensive lessons. I am feeling super excited and I have gained extra confidence over the course of today!
Chelsy
The videos on these modules for the dual stream are SO GOOD. First of all it’s great to be able to see/hear you guys especially as a home-study person and secondly so much of the content is covering stuff I was really wondering about (e.g what is meant by emotional support, and the nuances of relationship building with primary care folks). Loving it!!
Jenn
I must say, I enrolled for the holistic program and I’ve listened to the first audio introduction and OH MY I am excited! This course is what my dreams are made of. Cannot waaaait to have these tools under my belt. Doula Canada is incredible. I am so grateful for you!
Rachelle Stimac Certifying Member
I think this is a wonderful and much needed program. I see this specialty really helping so many lives. Even as a trained midwife I learned so much! Caylan has guided me through this entire journey and has provided me with honest and constructive feedback that I greatly appreciate.
Cynthia

Online Courses

$150

DTC Business Mastermind I

$350

Reproductive Herbalism: An Introduction

An 8 module program introducing herbal use and reproductive health (constitutes a training, not a certification)

$325

Pelvic Floor Essentials For Doulas & Birth Practitioners

An 8 module training offered in partnership with Ibukun Afolabi, a pelvic floor and perinatal physiotherapist who has been helping people in a rehabilitation capacity for the last 13 years

$295

Supporting Nutrition Preconception to Postpartum

7 module training with certified nutritionist Alisa Herriman

$175

Birth Trauma Support

Online learning content and resources for students the Doula Training Canada workshop in becoming a Birth Trauma Support person.

$60

Finding Your Centre: The Intentional Doula Workshop

After two years in the making are launching our 6 weeks of living with intention workshop. It's time to Find Your Centre. Are you ready?! We are!

$60

Diverse Families & Perinatal Support

Our online workshop that focuses on building up support solutions for all styles of family!

$60

Complicated Birth & Support

A workshop focusing on topics related to Complicated Birth and Best Support Practices. 4 modules of comprehensive materials, best spread over a 4-6 week learning period.

Sex & Birth Support

8 module Sex and Birth online support person training

$60

Postpartum Topics

4 Module Series on Postpartum Support

$60

Excelled Business

Business Success for Maternal Wellness Practitioners. Online mentorship.

$60

Holistic Practices & Knowledge

Our online course on maternal health and wellness, holistic style!

$60

Chestfeeding Support & Knowledge

A comprehensive 4 module online workshop.

Webinars

$40

Working with Diabetic Clients: A Webinar

Working with Diabetic Clients: A Webinar January 7th, 2020 at 2pm EST via Zoom

$15

Mindfulness for Mental Health: Supporting You and Your Clients in Challenging Times

In this interactive online workshop you will: - Learn what Mindfulness is (more than just meditating) and how it can help in challenging times? - Practice simple and effective tools that can be used in daily life and shared with your clients (virtually and in person). - Walk away with tangible ways you can support your clients mental wellbeing. - Have a greater understanding of why mindfulness is so helpful in creating emotional harmony.

$15

Action Planning for 2021

$15

Nutrition, Immunity, & Doula Support

$15

Navigating Fear as a Support Worker

1 hour webinar with Sondra, Program Coordinator and counsellor, exploring the roots of fear, understanding what is can look like, and strategies to cope and support from a distance.

$15

Menopause & Sexuality

Join Director, Shaunacy King, as we discuss the what's what of sexuality during menopause! This one hour webinar will introduce members to common topics associated with sexual health and the later experiences of reproductive life.

$25

Traditional Childbirth Teachings from an Indigenous Perspective

In this webinar, we will explore some traditional Indigenous teachings about pregnancy, childbirth and the early postpartum period.

Upcoming Training Dates (View All)

Fri 16

FERTILITY DOULA – REGISTER AND START TODAY!

February 15 @ 8:00 am - December 31 @ 5:00 pm EST

Sat 17

Postpartum Doula I VIRTUAL TRAINING I April 17/18

April 17 @ 11:00 am - April 18 @ 6:00 pm EDT

Sun 25

Perinatal Educator I VIRTUAL I April 25

April 25 @ 11:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT

Upcoming Retreats

Learn more about our retreats! Consider subscribing to our newsletter to be the first to know of our upcoming retreats!

There are no upcoming events at this time.

Follow us on Instagram!

Posted @withregram • @midwivesgreybruce Your bir

Posted @withregram • @midwivesgreybruce Your birth experience is not the same as everyone else's. Read on to learn more.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #BlackBirthMatters

Posted @withregram • @motherofscarletts What is

Posted @withregram • @motherofscarletts What is the Black Maternal Mortality Rate in Canada? ⁠⁠
🚫 We don't know. ⁠⁠
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What is the Black infant Mortality Rate in Canada? ⁠⁠
🚫 We have evidence to believe it is similar to the rate in the USA but still, we don't know. ⁠⁠
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How many Black children are born each year in Canada? ⁠⁠
🚫 We don't know. ⁠⁠
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How many children are born to Black birth parents each year in Canada? ⁠⁠
🚫 We don't know. ⁠⁠
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‼️But why don't we know??‼️⁠⁠
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There are two possible answers here. Either A) The Canadian government does not believe there is a reason to collect race disaggregated data because there is "no racism in Canada, and all Canadians have the same outcomes regardless of race". Or B) The Canadian government knows EXACTLY what they will find if they were to start collecting and reporting on this data and don't want us to know exactly how dire the situation is. ⁠⁠
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If the Canadian government has nothing to hide they should be collecting and reporting on the appropriate maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates of not only Black people but also Indigenous and other POC. This list should be inclusive of Canadians AND those who live here but are not of Canadian nationality. ⁠⁠
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Any Black person, Indigenous person, Immigrant, Permanent resident, Refugee, and other POC will tell you Canada still has work to do. Without these numbers, Canada will continue to turn us away and pretend our issues aren't real. This is inexcusable. We must demand more of our government. ⁠⁠
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#blackhistorymonth #blackcanadians #blackissues #blackvoices #blackexcellence

Upcoming event - Canadian society - totally worth

Upcoming event - Canadian society - totally worth popping over to @ontarioblackdoulas Insta and checking out all the important work they have been doing since their formation in 2020. Take a peek & follow for further updates and announcements.

Posted @withregram • @ontarioblackdoulas Do You Care ?

Join us for our first Care Conversation as we dig deeper, connect and grow together. On February 25th at 4:00pm EST the Ontario Black Doula Society is hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Cynthia Maxwell, Althea Jones, RM and Stacia Stewart.
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We will be discussing the value of doula care, what it is and how to improve our connections in the field to better support communities.
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This panel is for anyone and everyone with a passion for birth and Reproductive Justice.
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Link to register is in the bio !
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Drop an emoji in the chat if we will see you there !! 🙌🏿

It’s no secret we are a big fan of @moonsproutdo

It’s no secret we are a big fan of @moonsproutdoula and we encourage you to check out her Insta and the Insta of • @bacupnorthnwt who highlighted her work through their NWT Black-owned Businesses Series: Moon Sprout Birthwork, Owner: Sabrina Flack

Sabrina Flack is the founder and owner of Moon Sprout Birthwork established in February 2020. Moon Sprout Birthwork offers a variety of virtual and in-person doula services. Sabrina is a certified birth and postpartum doula and has been practicing since July 2019. Her role includes being a support person to the client, their partner and their families by teaching comfort measures for labour and birth, providing informational support about the birthing process and hospital interventions, and providing knowledge about their rights in the birth room. More than anything, she provides emotional support for her clients, creating safe and non-judgemental spaces to process fears, worries and concerns about birth and parenting.Sabrina has also incorporated a sliding scale to make her services more accessible to everyone but prioritizes people who experience oppression, such as Indigenous, Black, Trans and Queer populations. As a doula, her practice is inclusive, anti-racist and culturally sensitive.

Today, we celebrate Sabrina and Moon Sprout Birthwork. For more information visit Moon Sprout Birthwork’s website at https://moonsprout.ca/birthdoula.
@moonsproutdoula

For our full interview with Sabrina, please visit our website at https://bacupnorthnwt.com/.

Help @blackwomeninmotion - an incredible organizat

Help @blackwomeninmotion - an incredible organization that has been supporting community for the past 8 years - reach their COVID19 support goals.

Details below + head over and like their Insta for incredible resources that support Black womxn, Gender-non-confirming, and Non-binary folx in the GTA.

Posted @withregram • @blackwomeninmotion Applications for The Love Offering Fund Community Emergency Relief Fund are open and we’ve already received 175 new applications!!!!

The fund provides $50 FoodShare giftcards and $150 to Black Womxn, Non-binary and Gender-non-confirming folx in the City of Toronto and Greater Toronto Areas, who are experiencing food and income insecurity as a result of COVID-19.

We’ve set up a GoFundMe to mobilize additional funding to ensure we can support EVERYONE who applies by the February 12th deadline.

See Link in Bio to donate what you can today!

#community #communitycare #communitydevelopment #communitylove #communityfirst #loveofferingfund #bwim #blackwomeninmotion

Do you use the term “reproductive justice” in

Do you use the term “reproductive justice” in your birth work?

We believe you should. If you support clients you should be familiar with cultural and social stratification, as well as social Justice in birth work, access to care, *isms, and systemic oppression. To name a few of the many important topics.....

You should be familiar how sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, and other discriminatory systemic or cultural factors intersect to create dismissal, inaccessibility, and violence.

We also believe that birth workers should understand the roots of reproductive justice, its intersectionalities, and its fluidity.

Take a peek at this post from @the_naabb that discusses the history of this term.

In 1994, Loretta Ross, along with eleven other women of color, coined the term ‘Reproductive Justice’ at the Illinois Pro-Choice Alliance and the Ms. Foundation for Women. The creation of this phrase laid the initial framework for a human rights approach. Still, it caused a paradigm shift in how women of color identified their work to end reproductive oppression. The twelve women involved eventually became known as “Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice” (WADRJ). ⁠
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WADRJ wanted to increase its impact and mobilize its efforts on a national level. They placed a full-page signature ad in the Washington Post with 1,600 signatures from birthing people of color to impact public policy and raise awareness around sexism and racism.

Do you follow @chinatolliver on Insta? One of ou

Do you follow @chinatolliver on Insta?

One of our members recently shared some of the available stock. And it’s 🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿

Recommend to all you badass birth work folx.

The below contest is closed, but we wanted to give credit to the awesome images attached.

Posted @withregram • @chinatolliver ✨ Gratitude Giveaway!

Yes, it's our first Gratitude Giveaway of 2021, so let's go!

Want to win a Rise Up Midwife lapel pin of
your choice?

1. Follow Rise Up Midwife
2. Tag 3 friends
3. Share one of the pin post in your stories, and tag @chinatolliver

Also,
1. Be activity anti-racist AF
2. Support our trans kin outloud
3. Recognize your privilege, and use it to
dismantle systems of oppression.
4. Respect people's pronouns
5. Support BIPOC activists, organizers and leader.
6. Thank farmworks for your green smoothie, and kale salad.

•Contest open to US residents only
•Closes 1/20/21
•Winner receives 1 Rise Up Midwife lapel pin, including shipping
• Winner announced 1/21/21

In deep gratitude,
China

🛒Buy------> riseupmidwife.com
📷Share-----> @chinatolliver
🗨️Chat-------> hello@riseupmidwife.com

Pop over to @teaishas_divine_doula_ - a wonderful

Pop over to @teaishas_divine_doula_ - a wonderful DTC member out of the CFB Kingston, ON area.

Check out her important message and history post here: Posted @withregram • @teaishas_divine_doula_

February is recognise as black history month for many, however for me it's everyday, let's remember to keep fighting for maternal health and black lives, not just in February but everyday.

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. In 1879, Mahoney was the first African American to graduate from an American school of nursing.

Via Wikipedia

Born: May 7, 1845, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died: January 4, 1926, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Known for: First African American woman to complete nurse's training in the U.S

She was induction into the hall of fame in 1993

Education: The Dimock Center (1878–1879), Philadelphia

#blackhistorymonth
#firstblacknurse

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