Carol Couchie

Carol Couchie
NationalityNipissing First Nation, Canadian
Alma materRyerson University
Occupationmidwife
Years active1998–present

Carol Couchie, RM, is Nishnawbe Kwe and a registered midwife from Nipissing First Nation. She is a member of the first graduating class of Ryerson University's midwifery program in 1998.[1] She is the first Indigenous woman to become a registered midwife in Ontario.[2] She has previously served as chair of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada's Aboriginal Health Issues Committee.[3] She helped found the Association of Aboriginal Midwives and she helped establish the Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program at the University College of the North.[4] She serves as co-lead of the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives (NACM).[5] She currently practices as a member of K'Tigaaning Midwives, located at Nipissing First Nation.[6]

  1. ^ "Carol Couchie". Windspeaker. 1 November 2005. ProQuest 345061640.
  2. ^ Duncan, Carrie Brunet (2 May 2019). "Midwives bring birth back to their communities". Toronto Metropolitan University.
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  5. ^ "Leadership". NACM. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. ^ Smith, Kelly Anne (14 July 2017). "Babies arriving into world on Nipissing First Nation". Anishinabek News.