Huckleberry Midwives

Hello! I am a settler midwife from Scottish and Irish descent. I graduated from the UBC Midwifery Program in 2014 and have worked at Pomegranate ever since. I have two children, ages 16 and 18. I am so grateful to be caring for your family.

I am a Settler midwife – 2nd generation Irish and Scottish, and a descendent of midwives. I have been working on the Brown Team at Pomegranate since inception in 2006, after graduating from the UBC Midwifery Program. I also hold a leadership position at BC Women’s Hospital as the Assistant Head of the Department of Midwifery. I have 2 children – ages 8 and 5 – and a sweet Husky dog that keeps me busy on my off time. I love being active and get excited to compete in age group triathlons. I have a working knowledge of ASL (American Sign Language) and am passionate about providing accessible midwifery care to the Deaf community.

My name is Cello (pronounced “Che-low”) and I am a settler midwife from Japanese and German/Ukrainian descent. I graduated from the Ryerson Midwifery Program and have since worked on the Huckleberry Midwives with special focus on Indigenous families, youth, and non-insured clients. In my off-call time I enjoy foraging in the woods and gardening in my backyard.

I am an Indigenous midwife from the Katzie First Nation gratefully living on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ territories. I also have English ancestry from Blackburn, England and the surrounding areas in Lancashire. I attended my first birth in East Van 10 years ago and have been supporting birth ever since, first as a doula and now as a Registered Midwife. In addition to clinical and community midwifery, I work as the Indigenous Midwifery Lead at Vancouver Coastal Health and volunteer with the ekw’í7tl Indigenous doula collective – a collective which seeks to build capacity for Indigenous birth workers and families in the context of reproductive health care.

Aanii! My pronouns are They/Them/Iel. I’m fluent in French and English. I’m an Indigenous midwife, with mixed ancestry of  Anishinaabek Nation and Region 7 of the Métis Nation, as well as settlers of Irish descent. I grew up on traditional Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Wahnapitae First Nations territory in Northern Ontario, which is a big compelling force for my drive and ongoing support of Northern, rural and remote access to health care. I’m a graduate from Toronto Metropolitan University’s MEP and spent my years of study in various communities in the North and Far North. I have experience and a continued desire to support fellow Indigiqueer kin and their families, as well as 2SLGBTQ+ families accessing reproductive health care. I look forward to meeting you and your growing family at Huckleberry! When I’m not working, I like to garden and forage, ferment, cook, as well as write music, hike, and shoot film photography.