At Fanshawe College in London, Canada, Diploma in Doula Care Across the Lifespan is offered as a diploma in Midwifery programme. The programme runs for 60 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 17,715 per year.
This diploma integrates reproductive and end-of-life doula practice, preparing students to provide emotional, physical and informational support through major life transitions such as end-of-life and bereavement care, postpartum support, birth and abortion. Teaching follows a trauma-informed, client-centred approach. The program builds on the college's Doula Studies certificate and offers pathway and advanced-standing options for graduates looking to deepen their practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, with courses from the College (C), University (U), University/College (M), or Open (O) stream, or equivalent, or admission as a mature applicant. Recommended but not mandatory preparation includes Grade 12 English at any level, Grade 11 or 12 Biology (C or U), and Grade 11 Health Care (C) or Grade 12 Human Development Throughout the Lifespan (M). International applicants must present one of: TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with no band below 4 (79 under the pre-2026 scale); IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5; CAEL overall 60 with no band below 50; PTE Academic 53 with no band below 45; Cambridge English 169 overall with no skill below 162; Duolingo overall 105 with no component below 95; LanguageCert Academic overall 65 with no skill below 60; or Fanshawe ESL/GAP5 Levels 8-10 at 80%, 75% or 70%.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry, applications open in early October 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which later applications are assessed on a first-come basis until seats fill; non-competitive programs begin receiving offers from 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers go out by 30 March 2027, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and face fixed document deadlines rather than a single closing date: for the current intakes, study-permit and conditions-met documents are due 10/15 August 2026 (Fall), 9/15 December 2026 (Winter) and 5/15 April 2027 (Summer); missing a deadline can mean deferral to the next intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
