About Us

Taylor Alexander

I am grateful to be here on Salt Spring Island to serve this wonderful community. From a very young age I felt a calling to Midwifery. To serve and support families through big life transitions and to witness the birth of a mother (or parent) are some of my greatest joys.

I first began my journey through Doula training in 2006. This confirmed my hearts desire to support pregnant and birthing individuals. I went on to obtain my diploma of Practical Nursing in 2009 and graduated from Bastyr Universities Master of Midwifery Program in 2015. I have worked in Calgary, AB, Rankin Inlet, NU, Surrey, and Kelowna, BC.

In my spare time you can find me spending time with my family (partner Matthew and daughter Maeve), hiking with our dog (Charlie), reading or knitting by a fire.

Sarah Carey

My hands-on Midwifery training started in Guelph, Ontario back in 2004 and this is where I raised my family and practiced Midwifery. My first degree was in Biomedical Science from University of Guelph and I then graduated with a degree in Midwifery from McMaster University in 2006.

My amazing kids are no longer children, they are practicing being grown-ups (like the rest of us), and I have 2 beautiful grandsons with whom I try to hangout, whenever I can. My partner and I are avid rock climbers, mountain bikers, nature lovers and enjoy exploring off the beaten paths. My daily yoga practice and Ukelele playing could do with some refreshing.

I am tickled to be catching babies on Salt Spring Island. I look forward to growing roots, expanding this community’s love for Homebirth, advocating for all families’ choices and evidence based medicine. My goal as a midwife is to provide you with unique individualized care, which safely supports your ideals and wishes.

My personal goal is to stay up-to-date with exciting new health/wellness research and to share it. I enjoy the spontaneity of my work and the connection I make with families and with a diverse health care team. Midwifery is never boring!

See you at the farmer's market and on the trails, Sarah.

Kerstin Gåfvels

I graduated from nursing in Sweden 1977 and immigrated to Canada in 1984. I became interested in midwifery after the birth of my second child, and returned to Sweden to complete my midwifery degree in 1990. I have been lucky to have had the opportunity to explore childbirth from many different perspectives. I developed and taught Prenatal Yoga classes, worked with pregnant social high-risk and new immigrant women in a primary care clinic. I helped implement Inuit midwifery and education while working as a Maternal Newborn Health Services Consultant for the Government of Nunavut. 

Prior to moving to Salt Spring Island, I co-founded a birth center in Edmonton, AB – the Lucina Birth and Family Wellness Centre.

I have mainly practiced as a primary care midwife and mostly in out of hospital settings.

I always strive to facilitate a broad and holistic approach to childbirth. Midwifery and the families I have met over the years have been a lesson in trust, humility, and mystery.

In my spare time I love to travel, I’m trying to explore as much as possible of this remarkable, beautiful world we live in.