Selina Boily
Registered Midwife

My passion to become a midwife was inspired by my sons' births, one born in hospital and one born at home, both attended by midwives.

I was a founding member of Aspiring Island Midwives (AIM) which seeked out and promoted avenues for women to enter midwifery training programs. I have worked with several organizations that promoted women's health, from the Victoria Birth Control Clinic to prenatal classes for both Midwives and General Practioner's clients.

I went on to complete a three-year direct-entry midwifery program at the Seattle Midwifery School, which took me to training sites from the Oregon Coast to the South Pacific. I am an executive Board member of the Midwives Association of BC and the acting chair of the Risk Management Committee.

As Vancouver Island had been my home for several years prior to pursuing midwifery, I am happy to return with my family once again. I am looking forward to providing midwifery care to families of the Cowichan area.

Kate Koyote
Registered Midwife

I first became interested in midwifery in 1991 after spending a year in Ghana, West Africa. On my return to Canada I became involved in the midwifery community in BC, and what soon became a passion eventually led me to England where I completed a 3-year midwifery education program. After earning registration status in the UK, I moved back to Vancouver, went through the registration process in BC and began working. I practiced for three years with The Midwifery Group in Vancouver before moving to the Cowichan Valley. My husband and I and our four children love living on the Island, and it has given me immense pleasure to be a part of CMG, providing care to families in the valley

Sabrina Golf
Registered Midwife

I became interested in becoming a midwife during the pregnancy of my son in 1992. At the time, I was pursuing a degree in women's studies at the University of Victoria, and saw midwifery as a place to offer women and their families care that was safe and empowering. I became a Doula in 1994 and went on to complete a three year direct-entry midwifery program in Seattle, Washington. My training included clinical internships in Washington State, Vancouver and Port-Vila, Vanuatu. After graduation I spent several years between two busy practices in Victoria and Vancouver. In 2001 my partner and I made the decision to relocate to the Cowichan Valley to pursue my midwifery and his farming. We purchased a small acreage outside of Duncan and together with my long time friend and midwifery partner Selina Boily, Cowichan Midwifery Group (CMG) was born. At the end of 2004 I took a leave from work for personal time and in June 2005 we had our second child, and despite the gap in ages we are loving the expansion of our family. During this pregnancy I often reflected upon the profession I had been drawn to. Providing care to women and their families, in what is often the most profound times of our lives, is an absolute honour. I continue to be in awe of both the differences and similarities that women and families have, in pregnancy, labour and birth. I remain committed to women and their right to chose both care provider and place of birth and I embrace pregnancy and birth as primarily normal events in life's journey.