Union Elections and Meetings

HSA is making strides on 2024 Convention resolutions, from advancing economic justice and childcare accessibility to launching campaigns that highlight members' roles—read the full progress report here.

Nominations are now open for the position of HSA President, to be elected in April in an online vote open to all HSA members. The President is HSA’s senior elected officer, and oversees the union’s day-to-day operations, including staffing and budget management. The President is the union’s primary spokesperson and ensures that the policies and decisions of annual conventions and...

HSA moves to one-member, one-vote election of president 2025 will mark the first-ever election of HSA’s president to be open to all members in the union’s 54-year history. The election will be held April 10-11 in an online vote open to members for a 24-hour voting period. In February 2025, every member will be mailed voting instructions and individual voting...

Matthew Miller, who currently serves as HSA lead steward at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, has been acclaimed as the Regional Director in Region 1 – representing members working in central and northern Vancouver Island. Miller, a diagnostic medical sonographer, is an active union member. In addition to serving as lead steward, he is a worker representative on his worksite’s joint...

Jing-Yi Ng, a clinical pharmacist at Eagle Ridge Hospital, has been acclaimed to a third term as the Region 3 representative on HSA's Board of Directors. Ng is currently HSA's Vice President and is one of two Board representatives on the HSPBA Bargaining Committee. Her two-year term will expire at the end of HSA's 2027 Convention. Having worked as a...

Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in Region 9 on the union’s board of directors: Gina Sanche and Kathy Anderson. Please click here to see their candidate statements. The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of HSA's 2025 annual convention. All Candidates...

Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in Region 7 on the union’s board of directors: Sarah Kooner and Sonia Andhi Bilkhu. Please click here to see their candidate statements. The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of HSA's 2025 annual convention. All...

Three candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in Region 5 on the union’s board of directors: Carla Gibbons, Lisa Daechsel, and Ash Oberoi. Please click here to see their candidate statements. The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of HSA's 2025 annual convention...

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...

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...