Each midwife at Sages-Femmes Renaissance Midwifery is registered with the College of Midwives of Ontario, our regulatory body. Our official title is Registered Midwife (RM). The conditions of our annual registration are: review of the number of births attended, re-certification of Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and re-certification in an emergency skills program. We all hold admitting privileges at Greater Niagara General Hospital and Welland County General Hospital.

Krystie Alexander
My first degree is an Honours Bachelor of Music from Wilfred Laurier University. I worked as an opera singer for the Canadian Opera Company for 5 years. During this time, I become involved in the Midwifery Task Force of Ontario-the consumer arm to lobby for legislation of midwifery in Ontario. I provided labour support to women in the Toronto area.
I entered the Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University in 1994-and during my training, I gave birth at home to my two children under the care of midwives. I graduated from the program with a Bachelor of Health Science in 1999 and moved to Welland with my family.

Mylene Shields
I became involved in midwifery care in the '80s when I gave birth to my four children at home under the care of midwives. Throughout this time, I did prenatal teaching and labour support for midwifery clients having home births in the Niagara Region prior to legislation. I volunteered with the College of Midwives of Ontario as a midwifery consumer, working towards legislation in Ontario. I did my training as a midwife at Ryerson University and graduated with a Bachelor of Health Science in 1998. I live in Cooks Mills with my family.

Anne Woodhouse
I graduated from the Mack School of Nursing in 1974 (the 100th yr. of the school) and worked in Fort Francis and on Vancouver Island. I went to England and studied Midwifery. I graduated from the Dorset Area Midwifery School in England in 1980. Since then I have worked exclusively in Maternity care in Toronto & Niagara Falls. I was the Nurse Manager of the Labour and Delivery unit at SCGH from 1989-1993.
I also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Studies at Brock University and had my midwifery recognized through the prior learning and education assessment with the college of Midwives of Ontario. I worked as a midwife for a year in Kitchener until I joined Mylene and Krystie in establishing Sages-Femmes Renaissance Midwifery in 1999. I live with my beautiful daughter in St. Catharines.

Annie Allard
I received my Bachelor of Science in Biology from Brock University in 1996, and then graduated from McMaster University's midwifery program in 2002. I currently live in Port Colborne with my son and our goats and chickens.

Kelly Stuart
In 1989 I graduated from the Mack School of Nursing in St.Catharines. I worked for two years as a Registered Nurse. By 1991 Midwifery in Ontario was legislated at last but the schooling was not yet in place. I decided to study in England. I graduated from Canterbury Christchurch College in 1993 as a registered midwife. My "couple of years" in England turned into thirteen. I came home in 2004 with more than I left with, namely a wonderful man and our two beautiful children. We live in Fonthill. Thanks to the International Pre Registration Program at Ryerson University, I can finally call myself a Canadian Midwife!

Ali McCallum
I first became interested in midwifery when I was 9 years old, when my mother and stepmother were both pregnant. I involved myself in as many aspects of their pregnancies as they would allow, reading as many books as I could and attending appointments and ultrasounds.
In high school, I realized that midwifery was actually a career option and started considering it. I did complete one year of an undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia before deciding to follow my heart and apply to the Midwifery Education Program. I got in and started at Ryerson in 2002. Since the program at Ryerson is part time, I had one year off after my first year. I took the opportunity to go to India and study yoga. I returned an official yoga teacher, and have taught regular and prenatal yoga classes periodically since then.
My final year of training took place here in the Niagara Region with Renaissance Midwives, and I am so happy to be back as a Registered Midwife!