ekw’í7tl Doula Collective
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We are Vancouver-based Indigenous doulas who provide culturally-relevant mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual support to Indigenous families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, as well as miscarriage, abortion, and perinatal loss. The ekw’í7tl Indigenous doula collective was established in 2015 by two Indigenous doulas who were passionate about birth work and carrying forward their families’ midwifery traditions while creating a community of Indigenous Doula's in the city.
21/07/2023
Help us learn more about Indigenous peoples’ experiences of providing and receiving doula services in Vancouver, B.C.
Must be 18+, speak English, and engage with services in the Vancouver area. Msg for more info!
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11/01/2022
We are excited to invite you to our Indigenous prenatal class taught by Olivia Louie (Doula, Tla’amin/Key nations), Danette Jubinville (Doula, Anishnaabe/Cree from Pasqua) and Keisha Charnley (Midwife, Katzie) 🌊 Free of cost.
Register here: forms.gle/BDDbbhNcN48qWxjc7
Please reach out if you have any questions 🌊 Poster artwork by Ocean Hyland from Tsleil-waututh
14/10/2021
A study out of UVic that is currently looking for Indigenous participants to share experiences of accessing abortion care in Canada.
Have you ever had an abortion or tried to get an abortion in Canada? Do you self-identify as First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis? Are you 19+ years of age? If so, this Indigenous-lead research project wants to hear from you! Please contact Willow Paul:
📧 [email protected]
📱 (778) 214-6455
27/04/2021
As shared by in today’s story, our collective has been gifted a small piece of land within the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm garden at the to grow reproductive and birth related plant medicines. Right now we are turning soil, weeding, and loving on our seedling trays in an effort to grow medicines that will eventually be distributed to our families, Elders, and communities. Thank you to everyone who shared and donated to our fundraiser which will support so many important initiatives we have going this season, including this one. Our hearts are full and our hands our raised in gratitude 🙌🏾❤️🌱
22/04/2021
Calling on our allies and supporters! We do frontline and essential work that is important to Indigenous wellbeing, sovereignty and self-determination, but consistently overlooked and under resourced by health systems. We are fundraising for the first time since establishing our grassroots collective in 2015 to fill urgent gaps in care for our clients and to resource ourselves to be able to provide quality, culturally relevant midwifery and doula care for Indigenous birthers living in and travelling to Vancouver. This call for support is directed at non-BIPOC. We thank you for your support and for helping us to spread the word to your networks! ❤️🍓
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Throughout this pandemic Indigenous birth workers and families have been working hard to create joy for our relatives. Please see link in bio to support the spring time work that our community is doing 🌸
ekw’í7tl Indigenous Birth Work Support, organized by Keisha Charnley An invitation from the ekw’í7tl Indigenous doula collective: https://ekwi7tldo… Keisha Charnley needs your support for ekw’í7tl Indigenous Birth Work Support
Our Story
The ekw’í7tl Indigenous doula collective was established in 2015 by two Indigenous doulas who were passionate about birth work and carrying forward their families’ midwifery traditions. After being trained as doulas, they felt isolated and didn’t know where to find a community of other Indigenous doulas in the city. They wanted to feel a sense of connection as doulas who support families during pregnancy, birth, labour, the postpartum period and beyond.
After a chance meeting at a decolonizing sexuality event, Jessica and Keisha connected and began visioning to create a collective that could fill the gaps that they felt by supporting Indigenous doulas and families in Vancouver. Along the way, two Indigenous doulas, Danette and Sophie came into the circle to lead the work, and the ekw’í7tl Indigenous doula collective was born.
What started out as a conversation around someone’s kitchen table is now growing and garnering attention from press such as the CBC news.