Midwifery Students & Mentees

Rosehips is a teaching clinic. Our midwives are classroom teachers at UBC and UVic, and often have advanced students with them at births, home visits and clinic appointments. Rosehips is also privileged to partner with the Internationally Educated Midwives Bridging Program, which orients trained midwives from all over the world to the Canadian system.

It is always your choice whether or you’d like to have students present during your care, but we gratefully ask that you consider it. There is a shortage of Registered Midwives in BC and hands-on experience is the best method of teaching the heart and hands of midwifery.

Taylor Semchuk

CERTIFIED BREASTFEEDING SPECIALIST (she/her)

SEEING CLIENTS AT ROSEHIPS MIDWIFERY FROM JANUARY 2026

Shadowing Rebecca Geddes, IBCLC in June

Taylor is Vancouver Island born-and-raised. She is a student getting her shadowing hours to be an internal board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has a background in medical office administration. When she's not working she can be found chasing her toddler around, riding her e-bike or cooking vegetarian food.

  • Taylor has a passion for providing accessible, inclusive care for all types of families.

    From January 2026, she will start seeing private-pay postpartum clients as well as those beyond 6 weeks.