HSA’s 2021 50th annual convention will include an election for the position of president. The two-year term begins at the adjournment of the 2021 convention, set for June 2 to 4, 2021 online.
The president is elected by delegates to the union’s annual convention in odd-numbered years.
The next meeting of the BIPOC Caucus will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 6 to 8pm. This invitation is open to all members identifying as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour (BIPOC).
With HSA's Annual Convention coming in June, we will use our BIPOC meeting to:
1. Review resolutions related to BIPOC issues
2. Define goals and objectives on what BIPOC needs
3. Create plans of action to accomplish the above goals
HSA members have elected Janice Morrison to serve a two-year term on the union’s board of directors representing Region 9, which includes worksites in the Kootenays.
HSA members have elected Jill Slind to serve a two-year term on the union’s board of directors representing Region 5, which includes a number of worksites in the Lower Mainland including BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and the Vancouver Cancer Centre.
Becky Packer has been re-elected to serve a two-year term as a member of HSA’s Board of Directors, representing HSA members in Region1 from worksites in Nanaimo and north on Vancouver Island.
A physiotherapist at Cumberland Health Centre, she has been active in the union since 2008, and was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2019. She has served as secretary-treasurer since 2020, and as chair of the union’s Climate Action Working Group.
The voting period in the 2021 HSA Regional Director elections to elect members of the union’s Board of Directors closes this Friday, April 23 at 8 p.m.
If you have misplaced your voting credentials, or didn’t receive an email with your voting credentials, please send an email to msobrino@hsabc.org to ensure the online election provider, Simply Voting, can send your electronic ballot and voting credentials in time to vote.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 9 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Glen Byle and Janice Morrison.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 7 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Jas Giddha and Edith MacHattie.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 5 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Ramzan Anjum and Jill Slind.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 1 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Becky Packer and Mark Swarek.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
