Biography:

Lee trained as a midwife in the early 1980s, completed a Masters program in Midwifery Research in the UK in 1994, and has been a practicing midwife for over 30 years. She is currently the Program Leader at BC Women’s Hospital of a multi-disciplinary Cesarean Task Force, which is promoting normal birth. She is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Division of Midwifery in the Department of Family Practice at UBC, and was formerly a faculty member in the program. She was the Head of Midwifery at BC Women’s and St Paul’s hospitals for 8 years; in 2009 this torch was passed to Linda! She is the founding visionary member, along with the late Dr. Sue Harris, of the South Community Birth Program and is our Medical Director. She is a native of Vancouver and has two grown children, Maya and Joel, and one adorable dog, Lulu. Her passion is traveling the world and the last few years she has traveled to NYC, Palm Springs, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mexico will be attending the International Congress of Midwives in Prague in 2014!