News & Updates

This fall, all HSA members in the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association will have the opportunity to help modernize the health care system, ensure your role in that system is clearly recognized, and confirm that you are paid for the full range of the work you do. Over 18,000 HSA members work as health science professionals in over 70 different...

SWITCH BC which stands for Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation, Training and Collaboration in Healthcare is a new organization focused on the health, safety, and wellbeing of everyone working in healthcare in B.C. Part of the work of SWITCH BC is to do a refresh of the Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum, updating it and making it meaningful, effective and inclusive to healthcare...

In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City — a gathering place for young, mostly racialized members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Outside, the crowd that watched the bar’s patrons being herded into police vans became enraged. Before long, under the leadership of Marsha P. Johnson (who is said to have...

This one-day training session is for Lead Stewards and Assistant Lead Stewards. Priority access will be given to Lead and Assistant Lead Stewards that have never attended a Lead and Assistant Lead Steward workshop. As leaders in your chapter, you have some additional opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges. The goal of this workshop is to review your role in the union...

éy swayel (good day in Halq'eméylem, the Indigenous language of some parts of BC’s south coast). Each June is National Indigenous History month, a time to learn and recognize the rich heritages, stories and diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. As health care and social service professionals, HSA members work in a system that has historically discriminated against Indigenous peoples...

HSA continues to hear from Community Social Service Bargaining Association members who are waiting for employers to provide the wage increases and retro pay negotiated in the new contract. HSA is working through the Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) to resolve this as soon as possible. CSSBA has sent notice to the Community Social Services Employer’s Association (CSSEA) regarding...

Date: October 4, 2023 Time: 9am – 4:30pm Location: Virtual via Webex HSA is pleased to have Kerry Palmer return to facilitate this one-day course to assist members in their day-to-day interactions with their HSA colleagues and their patients/clients. Communication is the cornerstone of a healthy, productive and engaging workforce, and as such, this course is an opportunity to build...

Each year in Canada, one in five people will experience a mental health problem or illness. Over a lifetime, that number increases to one in three. The cost of mental health problems or illness costs our economy more than 51 billion dollars. Date: October 12, 2023 Time: 9am to 4:30pm Location: Virtual via Webex This workshop provides participants with tools...

Your union is excited to announce three upcoming caucus meetings for HSA members from equity-denied groups: 1. Gender Diverse Members Caucus Meeting All HSA members who identify as Two-Spirit, trans, and/or gender diverse are invited to attend the next meeting of HSA’s Gender Diverse Caucus, which will be held virtually on Tuesday, June 27th from 12pm – 1:30pm. Please RSVP...

Registration Information: Stewards may register by logging into My Events Registration . Workshops are listed under Steward Education events. Basic Steward Training (three-day workshop) Stewards play a vital role in the union. This workshop will teach new stewards the skills to enable them to serve confidently in their role. Workshop content includes the role of the steward, organizing your chapter...