Betty-Anne Daviss

Betty-Anne Daviss is a registered midwife, social activist, researcher and preceptor working in Ottawa, Canada. She is an adjunct professor in Women’s Studies at Carleton University. A midwife since 1976, she has caught babies on five continents. Her research has included ethnographic study on traditional midwives, social science research on changes in midwifery in North America and epidemiological investigation of clinical data. The Chair of the International Bureau of the Canadian Association of Midwives, her most recent international work was in Afghanistan. She is co-investigator of the CPM2000 Project, the largest prospective homebirth study in North America. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree and an MA in Women’s/Canadian Studies.