Sydney Wood (she/her)
4th Year midwifery student - September 2025 to March 2026
Hello! My name is Sydney and I cannot believe I am now a 4th year year midwifery student at the University of British Columbia!
I am grateful to study primarily on the traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples in Vancouver, and to have spent time during my education in many warm and welcoming communities around what is colonially known as British Columbia. I grew up in the sunny town of Penticton, on syilx territory. The community has my heart and is where I began my journey into birth work as a doula and was fortunate to connect with many local families.
Along my path toward midwifery, I obtained a Bachelor of Science with a major in Psychology from UBC Okanagan. I love more than anything to work with people. I have enjoyed exploring through my education how I can integrate person-centered care into my midwifery practice, and I have a special interest in perinatal mental health. Never underestimate the power of the psyche! The complete transformation that comes along with childbearing deserves the utmost reverence and I am honoured to be a part of many families' villages.
When I am not studying (rare!) or generally nerding out over reproductive health, you can find me watering my many houseplants, cooking, enjoying a break from textbooks to read juicy fiction, deepening my yoga practice or lifting weights, laying out in the Okanagan sun, enjoying cozy coffee shops or hitting a patio, walking my dog, and finding ways to be creative (I love photography, collage, and fibre arts!).
I am so excited for my fourth year of study in Midwifery and wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to each family for allowing me the opportunity to learn and share in your birth experience this year, as I wrap up my education and start to transition toward a full-fledged midwife!