News & Updates

Laura Greenwood will represent members from Region 4 on the HSA Board of Directors following a byelection to replace former board member Alexandra Thomson, who vacated the position in October 2024. An Occupational Therapist, and Clinical Supervisor with Richmond Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Greenwood has been actively involved in the union throughout her career. In her chapter, she...

A new HSA research report, Fixing the Health Care Bottleneck, provides an in-depth look at the important, often unseen, and too-often undervalued work performed by medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals in BC. Shortages of these specialized professionals — who perform nearly all diagnostic procedures and deliver the radiation therapy critical to cancer treatment— contribute to bottlenecks and longer patient...

The David Bland Award nominations will be opening on January 3rd, 2025. The David Bland Memorial Award is awarded annually to an HSA member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the area of occupational health and safety and who has made a meaningful difference in the lives of their fellow HSA members. The award was established by HSA's board of...

Report on services also calls for renewal of funding for Starbright, changes to contract award process HSA has recently made a written submission to the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development on the future of services for children and youth with support needs (CYSN). MCFD’s consultation followed the provincial government’s decision to pause the further implementation of Family Connection...

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...

Now that the new profile-based classification system is fully implemented at all HSPBA worksites across BC, your union can move forward with the P2A process. The “P2A process” is shorthand for the provisions in the new profile-based classification system that allow us to advocate to add new types of work to the P2A Special Procedures profile, recognizing and compensating the...

Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care, PHSA, and affiliate employers are all implementing the new profile-based classification system for health science professionals today. 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...

On December 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered in an act of misogynist violence at École Polytechnique in Montréal, perpetrated by a man claiming to be “fighting feminism.” He first opened fire on women in a mechanical engineering class. Women were targeted because of their gender, and 13 students and one administrator were killed. In 1991, the Parliament of Canada...

Since the 1980s, cochlear implants have helped over 600 children across BC and Yukon to hear. These small electronic devices assist people with severe to profound hearing loss—giving them the ability to hear their own voice, listen to sounds around them, and better communicate with friends and family members. BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) hosts the only pediatric cochlear implant team...

DATE: February 11, 2025 TIME: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (PST) LOCATION: Virtual – via Zoom People with disabilities represent the world’s largest minority and the third largest economic power behind China and the United States. Yet disabled people still experience barriers, prejudice, and bias on a daily basis. Our combination Disability Awareness/Disability Justice workshop challenges all to more fully...