News & Updates

The following bulletin contains important information for HSA members covered by the Community Social Services collective agreement paraprofessional wage schedule. Many members in supervisory roles and in classifications comparable to the Health Science Professional collective agreement’s Disciplines Allied to Social Work (i.e. counselling professions) are likely affected by these changes. The 2023 and 2024 wage schedules for paraprofessional occupations have...

HSA is planning the union’s first-ever one-day Equity Summit to be held on February 19th, 2025 – an opportunity to connect, learn and dream about what a more equitable working world could look like. If you’re a person who experiences marginalization, and/or share concerns about how the systems and structures of our world unfairly treat people based on social groups...

Online voting for HSA members in HSA Region 4 opens tonight, Friday, November 22, 2024 at 8:00 pm, and will remain open to 8:00 pm on Thursday, January 2, 2025. All members with a personal email address on file with the union will receive voting credentials for online voting by email. If you are not sure if HSA has your...

Fraser and Interior Health are implementing the new profile-based classification system for health science professionals on Friday, November 22. What does this mean? Though the vast majority of HSA members won’t see any change to their pay, your job’s classification and salary structure will formally change today. Your job’s classification will now be one of the seven profiles of the...

HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract are now welcome to apply for professional development funding available through the 2024-25 Professional Enhancement Bursary. To apply, members will need to have a personal email address registered with the union. To prepare for your application, please read the rest of this email to learn about the new...

HSA supports CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) members who are on strike right now against Canada Post. These workers are fighting to maintain good jobs and benefits, while also pushing to expand services that benefit all Canadians. HSA members who would like to show their support for CUPW have several options: You can visit this CUPW website, which will...

Are You 35 or Under? Join HSA’s Young Workers Committee! HSA is now accepting applications for the 2025 Young Workers’ Committee. The group advises the union’s Board of Directors on issues important to the one-third of HSA members who are 35 and under. The Young Workers’ Committee (YWC) is comprised of five (5) young workers who help the union to...

Three candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in Region 4 on the union’s board of directors: Maha Elashi, Laura Greenwood, and Tanya Dunne. Please click here to see their candidate statements. The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for the remainder of the two-year term, which will end at the conclusion of HSA's...

HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract will soon be eligible to apply for professional development funding available through the 2024-25 Professional Enhancement Bursary. Applications for the Professional Enhancement Bursary will open on Wednesday, November 20. To apply, members will need to have a personal email address registered with the union. The application will be...

Kane Tse, President of Health Sciences Association of BC, today released the following statement: On behalf of over 22,000 specialized health professionals in BC, I would like to note that our province has lost a great champion today. John Horgan believed in a better future. He believed that we could get there together, by recognizing that everyone had value, by...