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Cherylee Bourgeios
Alma materRyerson University
Occupationmidwife
Years active2007-present

Cheryllee Bourgeois, R.M., is a Métis midwife and educator.

Early life

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Bourgeois was raised in British Columbia but her traditional territory is in the Red River colony in southern Manitoba and the Missouri River Basin in North Dakota.[1][2]

Education and practice

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Bourgeios graduated from Ryerson University's Midwifery program in 2007.[1] She practiced for over 11 years before returning to teach as a sessional instructor in the midwifery program at Ryerson University from 2008. In 2019 she joined the program as a faculty member.[1] In 2002, she co-founded, along with Sara Wolfe and Ellen Blais, Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto.[3] She is currently the President of the Toronto Birth Centre.[4] She is an advocate for culturally safe care in pregnancy for Indigenous women.[5][3]

Advocacy

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Bourgeois has critiqued the Canadian federal government evacuation policy[6][7] which requires pregnant Indigenous women from some communities to travel to cities in order to deliver their babies.[5] She has also highlighted the harm done by practitioners who appropriate best practices from Indigenous midwifery without proper attribution.[5]

Select bibliography

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  • Daoud, N., Kristen O’Brien, Patricia O’Campo, Harney, S., Harney, E., Bebee, K., Bourgeios, Cheryllee, Smylie, J. (2019). "Postpartum depression prevalence and risk factors among indigenous, non-indigenous and immigrant women in Canada." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 110(4), 440–452.[8]
  • Dion Fletcher, Claire and Cheryllee Bourgeios, "Refusing Delinquency, Reclaiming Power: Indigenous Women and Childbirth." Natal Signs: cultural representations of pregnancy, birth and parenting. ed. Nadya Burton. Bradford, Ontario: Demeter Press, 2015.[9]
  • Monchalin, R., Smylie, J., Bourgeois, C., & Firestone, M. (2019). “I would prefer to have my health care provided over a cup of tea any day”: recommendations by urban Métis women to improve access to health and social services in Toronto for the Métis community. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 15:3, 217-225.[10]
  • Kitching, G.T., Firestone, M., Schei, B. et al. (2019). "Unmet health needs and discrimination by healthcare providers among an Indigenous population in Toronto, Canada," Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111, 40–49.[11]
  • Rotondi MA, O’Campo P, O’Brien K, et al., (2017) "Our Health Counts Toronto: using respondent-driven sampling to unmask census undercounts of an urban indigenous population in Toronto, Canada," BMJ Open, 7:12, e018936.[12]
  • Bourgeois, Cheryllee, Copee, Annabel and Hilary Edelstein, Paramedic PESP emergency skills : managing birth out-of-hospital, Toronto: Ontario Association of Midwives, 2017.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cheryllee Bourgeois". Midwifery Education Program. Ryerson University. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ "Keynote: Cheryllee Bourgeois". Virtual International Day of the Midwife. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. ^ a b Matteis, Stephanie (2017-06-21). "Indigenous health-care providers say cultural safety training would help First Nations patients". CBC News Toronto. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. ^ "Staff and Governance | Toronto Birth Centre". Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  5. ^ a b c Gardner, Matt (2019-11-06). "Indigenous midwives exchange knowledge: PWRDF program shares best practices from Canada, Mexico and Peru". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  6. ^ Darling, Elizabeth K.; Lawford, Karen Marie Olsen; Wilson, Kathi; Kryzanauskas, Michelle; Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn (March–April 2019). "Distance from Home Birth to Emergency Obstetric Services and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cohort Study". Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 64 (2): 170–178. doi:10.1111/jmwh.12896. PMID 30325580. S2CID 53502070.
  7. ^ Lawford, Karen M.; Giles, Audrey R.; Bourgeault, Ivy L. (December 2018). "Canada's evacuation policy for pregnant First Nations women: Resignation, resilience, and resistance". Women and Birth. 31 (6): 479–488. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.01.009. PMID 29439924. S2CID 25080071.
  8. ^ Daoud, Nihaya; O’Brien, Kristen; O’Campo, Patricia; Harney, Sarah; Harney, Evelyn; Bebee, Kerry; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Smylie, Janet (August 2019). "Postpartum depression prevalence and risk factors among Indigenous, non-Indigenous and immigrant women in Canada". Canadian Journal of Public Health. 110 (4): 440–452. doi:10.17269/s41997-019-00182-8. ISSN 0008-4263. PMC 6964473. PMID 30767191.
  9. ^ Burton, Nadya (2015). Natal signs: cultural representations of pregnancy, birth and parenting. Brantford, Ontario: Demeter Press. pp. 153–171. ISBN 978-1-926452-32-6. OCLC 920015824.
  10. ^ Monchalin, Renée; Smylie, Janet; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Firestone, Michelle (2019-08-04). ""I would prefer to have my health care provided over a cup of tea any day": recommendations by urban Métis women to improve access to health and social services in Toronto for the Métis community". AlterNative. 15 (3): 217–225. doi:10.1177/1177180119866515.
  11. ^ Kitching, George Tjensvoll; Firestone, Michelle; Schei, Berit; Wolfe, Sara; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; O’Campo, Patricia; Rotondi, Michael; Nisenbaum, Rosane; Maddox, Raglan; Smylie, Janet (2020-02-01). "Unmet health needs and discrimination by healthcare providers among an Indigenous population in Toronto, Canada". Canadian Journal of Public Health. 111 (1): 40–49. doi:10.17269/s41997-019-00242-z. PMC 7046890. PMID 31435849.
  12. ^ Rotondi, Michael A; O’Campo, Patricia; O'Brien, Kristen; Firestone, Michelle; Wolfe, Sara H; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Smylie, Janet K (December 2017). "Our Health Counts Toronto: using respondent-driven sampling to unmask census undercounts of an urban indigenous population in Toronto, Canada". BMJ Open. 7 (12): e018936. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018936. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 5770955. PMID 29282272.
  13. ^ Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Cope, Annabel; Edelstein, Hilary (2017). Paramedic PESP emergency skills: managing birth out-of-hospital. Toronto: Association of Ontario Midwives. ISBN 978-0-9686170-4-5. OCLC 1036078799.
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