Susan Gail James

Susan Gail James (born 1953) is a Canadian nurse and midwife, a "Canadian leader in [the] field of midwifery". From 1999 to 2019 she was director of the midwifery school at Laurentian University.

Life Susan James was born on June 21, 1953, in Toronto, the daughter of Barbara Joan (Bagsley) James and Alan Leslie James. She trained as a nurse at the Women's College Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1973. From 1973 to 1982 she was a staff nurse in labor and delivery at the Women's College Hospital. In 1979 James gained a bachelor's in nursing from the University of Toronto.

In 1999 James became director of Laurentian University's Midwifery Education Programme, and continued as director until 2019. She voiced public complaint at the closing of the midwifery school in 2021.

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(with Philippa Spoel)