Tansi Nitotemtek!

My name is Cheryllee Bourgeois, I am a Metis midwife and follow Cree / Metis teachings in line with my ancestry from the Red River District in southern Manitoba and North Dakota. I have been a midwife here since 2007 and helped to develop and set up SGMT when I was a student midwife at Ryerson.

I worked as a Registered Midwife for 11 years before give-up my registration in 2018 to work under the exemption clause, which is unique at SGMT. This means that I am able to provide care in line with needs identified by the Indigenous community in Toronto. I provide sexual and reproductive health care through the life cycle and I am very committed to both increasing access to Indigenous focused health care and supporting more Indigenous folks to become midwives.

I am very grateful to live and work in the Dish with One Spoon territory as a midwife and to raise my three kids here.