Xanthe's clinical interests centre on postpartum care and lactation support, equitable care for clients with precarious immigration status including sanctuary clients, and non-judgmental, trauma-informed care for clients with current or historical substance use. She is a member of the Postpartum Midwifery Committee at BCWH and is currently participating in a pilot project providing post-procedural midwifery follow-up care for clients following late pregnancy termination through the CARE Program at BC Women's Hospital - work which reflects her commitment to compassionate, evidence-based care across the full spectrum of reproductive experiences. During her training at UBC, Xanthe had the privilege of being placed with the midwifery team at Seabird Island First Nation Health Centre near Agassiz, an experience that deepened her commitment to culturally safe and equitable care. She has delivered babies and cared for families across the lower mainland and beyond including BCWH, SPH, Royal Columbian Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital, Chilliwack General Hospital and on the island at Nanaimo General Hospital.
Xanthe Faulkner
Registered Midwife
Team: Hazel
Language(s): English
Pronouns: she/her
Xanthe Faulkner (pronounced Zan-tha) is a Registered Midwife at Strathcona Midwifery in Vancouver, BC, where she has practised with the Hazel Team since completing her Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of British Columbia in 2022. She holds active privileges at BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre and St. Paul's Hospital, and brings a strongly evidence-based, equity-centred approach to her practice.
Xanthe's path to midwifery was shaped by her own experiences as a parent: the preterm birth of her son at 27 weeks, and the skilled, compassionate care she received from her midwives through a complex pregnancy and extended NICU stay, gave her a first-hand understanding of the profound impact of attentive, humanizing perinatal care. Later, her daughter was born at 32 weeks at BC Women's Hospital - the institution where Xanthe now holds privileges and to whose standard of care she feels a deep and personal commitment. Prior to midwifery, Xanthe spent a decade working in live theatre as well as many years as a yoga teacher and birth doula, roles that continue to inform her capacity for presence, communication, and compassionate support with clients and families.
“We want to thank-you so much for all your wisdom & encouragement through this beautiful journey we’ve been through...that’s just the beginning! We wanted to let you know, you two as a team very much compliment each other as you both have strengths in different areas and this was so helpful for us
Midwifery care in general is something we are so grateful for. It provided us with the kind of experience we hoped for, filled with compassion, knowledge and warmth.
This has been such an incredible experience for us and we now have this beautiful child, with him came a love so profound we couldn’t have imagined it.
So thanks again for all you do.”
— BRANDEE, TIM + ROATAN, clients