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Goals

Current and Future Canadian Doula Association™ Projects

• Promote birth and postpartum doula support services
• Provide support for Canadian doulas, provincially and nationally
• Increase access to doulas for all Canadian women via website referrals
• Provide a professional association with a Canadian policy committee that can address any concerns that may arise within Canadian primary care settings
• Provide primary obstetrical care providers and hospitals/birthing centers with information on the role of the doula, benefits of doula support, and how their patients/clients access one
• Serve as a clearinghouse of information and materials, both provincial and federal, that would be of interest to Canadian doulas and their clients to research in maternal and newborn medicine
• Educate third party payers of the benefits of a doula support

Board of Directors

We are very proud to have such a diverse board to better support doulas Canada wide! We will introduce you to each in our upcoming newsletter.

• President: Michele O'Callaghan
• Treasurer: Linda Middleton

• Executive Director: Connie Banack

• Moderator: Natalie Wood

• Education Committee Members:

  - Connie Banack

  - Angela Van Lanen

  - Carol Lee-O'Leary

  - Pam Soltesz

  - Barbara Ann Horner

  - Robyn Lampman

  - Natalie Wood

Provincial & Territorial Coordinators

• Alberta: open
• British Columbia: Heather McCue
• Manitoba: open
• New Brunswick: open
• Newfoundland & Labrador: open
• Northwest Territories: open
• Nova Scotia: open
• Nunavut: open
• Ontario: Lisa Tsapoitis
• Prince Edward Island: open
• Québec Anglophone: Rivka Cymbalist
• Québec Francophone: open
• Saskatchewan: Michele O'Callaghan
• Yukon: open

Advisors

• Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
• Ann Douglas
• Sonya Duffee

• Anne Boyd