​As doulas, we are given the opportunity to provide support and hopefully enhance the birth experience of our clients. As I’ve outlined in my previous blog post, The Seeds of Birth [...]

  This series of blog posts is brought to you from our East Coast instructor Jillian Hand. Jillian shares her perpesctive on trauma from the lens of social worker and doula in this 3 part [...]

  This week Theresa Fraser, Doula Canada Certifying Doula and Trauma and Loss Clinical Specialist lends us her voice to share the importance of working as a Trauma Focused Doula and the [...]

   Meet Taylor. A Doula Canada student and world traveller. She took a moment to answer some questions for us about her volunteer experience with St. Bryce Mission in Costa Rica.   What [...]

 In November of 2007 my best friend gave birth at just 17, to a beautiful baby girl. I walked with her through her entire pregnancy and motherhood journey. It was a journey that no one is ready [...]

 Two years ago, I was a new Massage Therapy graduate. Throughout my Registered Massage Therapy (RMT) schooling, I had always been interested in pregnancy and pediatrics. I thought I wanted to be [...]

At Doula Canada our students and Alumni are the heart of the organization. Every Wednesday our hope is to profile one of our family members and their journey to birthwork. ​ This week you are [...]

  Meet Jennifer. Her passion for birth began at 12. However her practical thinking got in the way. She quickly learned that for her, believing in herself and what she did for work was vital. [...]

Shaunacy King, BD, CBE & Director for Doula Training Canada   One of the my earliest Doula memories is from taking the Dancing for Birth program with the fantabulous Stephanie Larson. [...]

   – By Michelle Stroud – ​ I have a long history of working with prenatal women with my maternity reflexology practice. For a long time I hesitated to take doula training even [...]