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. This workshop will be facilitated by the BC Federation of...

Date: May 11, 2023 Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm Location: Virtual via WebEx Facilitator Vikki Reynolds will differentiate vicarious trauma and burn out from the spiritual and ethical pain that our work engenders when we are unable to provide dignity and social justice to the people we want to help. We'll...

All HSA members working at child development centres around BC are invited to attend a special briefing on the impact of the provincial government’s planned changes to the delivery of services for children and youth with special needs. The meeting will be held online on March 9 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm...

Date: March 29-30, 2023 Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm Location: Virtual via WebEx How do health care and social services professionals begin to put a dent in the racial inequities that exist in our fields? Join us for a two-day anti-racism workshop and active learning session to explore how we can...

Women’s Health and Safety in the Workplace – Working in Rural and Remote Communities Each year, the HSA Women’s Committee marks International Women’s Day with a workshop to explore issues impacting those in the union who identify as women. This workshop is open to members who identify as women and...

Registration Information: Constituency Liaisons may register by logging into My Events Registration. Constituency Liasion Special Briefing: Last week, all HSA Constituency Liaisons received an email advising that Starbright Children’s Development Centre was facing imminent closure as the centre was...

Date: February 21, 2023 Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm Location: Virtual via Webex HSA is pleased to have Margaret Tebbutt facilitate this one-day workshop to assist members in their interactions with their HSA colleagues and their patients/clients. This workshop helps members gain understanding and build...

Dates: May 15-16, 2023 Lo cation: HSA Office, 180 East Columbia Street, New Westminster Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm OH&S Steward Training (two days) HSA Occupational Health and Safety stewards and HSA representatives on workplace joint health and safety committees support their colleagues at work as well...

Supervisors in the Union (two days) HSA is unique in terms of the number of supervisors who are included in the union. Supervisors were some of the founding members of HSA when the Union was first organized. This workshop is HSA’s invitation for supervisors to come and teach each other how to work...

Supervisors in the Union (two days) HSA is unique in terms of the number of supervisors who are included in the union. Supervisors were some of the founding members of HSA when the Union was first organized. This workshop is HSA’s invitation for supervisors to come and teach each other how to work...