2021 Canadian Labour Congress Winter School (VIRTUAL)

One of Canada's best labour schools, for the first time ever virtually in January and February 2021.

The CLC Winter School offers a wide variety of four-day, quality labour-oriented courses. To support HSA's ability to represent HSA members effectively and help build a stronger union, members can apply to take courses chosen to meet these objectives.

HSA is offering scholarships and bursaries to all members and their children.  Ten scholarships will be awarded for full-time studies, twenty bursaries for full-time studies and four bursaries for part-time studies.  Two indigenous bursaries will be awarded to indigenous students in BC.

The criteria and details are set out on the application forms available on the HSA website.

VIRTUAL BASIC STEWARD TRAINING 

Registration Information:
Stewards may register by logging into My Events Registration. Workshops are listed under Steward Education events.
 
Virtual Basic Steward Training (3 days)

HSA MIGRANT JUSTICE WORKSHOP 

DATE: November 4, 2020
TIME: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Virtual – WebEx details to follow

HSA is pleased to offer this one-day workshop facilitated by Byron Cruz, Sanctuary Health Collective and Migrant Rights Network.

Upcoming Steward Workshops:

Pilot Virtual Basic Steward Training and Pilot Virtual OH&S Training

Registration Information:

Decolonization
An HSA Diversity Workshop
 

HSA is pleased to offer one additional opportunity to attend this two-day workshop!

Decolonization
An HSA Diversity Workshop

Due to high demand, HSA is pleased to offer an additional opportunity to attend this two-day workshop! 

Registration will open Saturday September 19, 2020.

Anti-Racism in Health Care and Social Services
An HSA Diversity Workshop
 

Due to high demand, HSA is pleased to offer two more opportunities to attend this one-day workshop offered by theH.E.A.R.T Collaborative – Health Equity & Anti-Racism Training.

Registration will open Saturday September 19, 2020. 

Rescheduled HSA Annual Convention headlines a busy fall of union activity and education

As the summer of 2020 wraps up, the union is gearing up for a busy fall of union meetings and education opportunities for members
 
The union’s 49^th annual convention, postponed from April 2-3 because of the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been rescheduled to November 16-17. It will be conducted online.
 

Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Level One Mental Health and the CSA Standard

Dates:  October 8, 2020 or November 12, 2020
Time:  9am – 4:30pm
Location: Virtual WebEx – Details to follow

Each year in Canada, one in five people will experience a mental health problem or illness. Over a lifetime that number increases to 1 in 3. The cost of mental health problems or illness costs our economy more than 51 billion dollars.