Basak Ardalani graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Midwifery from Azad University in Tehran, Iran in 1990. Following two years of supervised practice she received her Midwifery License and Midwifery Clinic Permit in 1992. She practiced as a professional midwife in hospitals and homes from 1990 to 1998. After immigrating to Canada in 1998, Basak successfully completed the Prior Learning Assessment Program of the College of Midwives of Ontario in 1999 and was registered in June 2000. Since then she has been working with Guelph Midwives. She has attended over 1000 birth in her 20 years of career as a midwife. She is a Partner with Guelph Midwives, and also participates in many midwifery-related activities including acting as a Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor for the Canadian Paediatric Society and as an Emergency Skills Instructor for the Association of Ontario Midwives. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. In the Guelph community, Basak is the Chair for Maternal-Newborn Coordinating Committee of Guelph and attends Paediatric Department Meeting at Guelph General Hospital.

Shana Blackburn graduated from the Midwifery Education Programme at McMaster University in May of 2003 and has been with the Guelph Midwives since that time.  Before starting her midwifery education in 1999 Shana attended the University of Guelph for two years majoring in Biology with a focus of electives in Women's Studies. As part of her midwifery training, Shana completed placements with the Guelph Midwives and Cambridge Midwives, as well as a placement with Obstetrician Dr. Ben Ayanbadejo, a nursing placement at the Guelph General Hospital and an elective placement divided between the Meridian Wellness Centre and the Breastfeeding Support Centre. Shana was a member of the Obstetrical Quality of Care Committee from 2006-2009 and is currently a member of the Obstetrical Quality Team at Guelph General Hospital. shana lives in Guelph with her partner and two young children.

Anna Jean Bradley has been a practicing midwife since 1986. She has worked as a community midwife and a registered midwife across Southern Ontario and from Jamaica to the arctic. She graduated from Mitchener Midwifery Education Program in 1993 and was one of the founding members of Guelph Midwives in 1996. Anna Jean does women's wellness work and counseling and is a member of the Assocation of Pre-Perinatal Psychology. She is the mother of three children and proud grandmother of one.

Gabrielle Hammond-Kannegieter graduated from midwifery school in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in 1993. She worked in both solo and group practices, attending both home and hospital births. Gabrielle immigrated to Canada in 1995 and now lives in Elora. She became eligible for Ontario registration through the Prior Learning Assessment programme of the College of Midwives of Ontario, and was registered in June 1997. She has attended over 800 births. Gabrielle is the Liaison Midwife at Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus and is a Partner with Guelph Midwives.

Leslie Howarth graduated from the University of Guelph.  She completed a three-year apprenticeship in 1991 and provided primary midwifery care in Ontario and Ohio until legislation in 1994.  Leslie successfully completed the Prior Learning Assessment programme of the College of Midwives of Ontario and was registered in August 1997.  She is one of the founding members and Partner with Guelph Midwives in 1996 and the past Chief of Midwifery at Guelph General Hospital. She is currently a Clinical Practice Auditor for the College of Midwives.

Iwona Kempa received her midwifery education in Poland. She graduated from Midwifery College in 1987 and worked in a Level 3 Obstetrical Hospital in Warsaw. During her five years of work in Poland, she conducted over 200 deliveries. In Canada, she successfully completed the Midwifery Prior Learning Assessment in 1998. Iwona joined Guelph Midwives in 2000 and has attended over 700 births as a primary and secondary midwife. Iwona was the past chief of Midwifery at Guelph General Hospital. She held this position for 6 years. She is a Partner with Guelph Midwives.

Celeste MacDonald has been a practicing midwife in Ontario for five years. She joined Guelph Midwives in 2007, and prior to that worked in London, Ontario at Womancare Midwives. She trained as a midwife in a very busy birth clinic in El Paso, Texas, where most of her clients were Mexican women choosing to give birth in the United States. Outside of her midwifery duties, Celeste practices the art of mothering daily. She has three pre-teen children.