HSA members have elected Gina Sanche to serve a two-year term on the union’s board of directors representing Region 9, which includes worksites in the Kootenays. A sonographer at Kootenay Lake Hospital, Sanche served as lead steward at her chapter for the last eight years, represented members at the union’s annual conventions and at bargaining conferences, and, as a Member-at-Large...

HSA members have re-elected Sarah Kooner to serve a second two-year term on the union’s Board of Directors representing Region 7, which includes worksites in the Fraser Valley, including Surrey Memorial and Abbotsford Regional Hospitals. An Infant and Child Development Consultant at the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre since 2015, she was first elected to the Board of Directors in...

HSA members have elected Lisa Daechsel to serve a two-year term on the union’s board of directors representing Region 5, which includes worksites in the Lower Mainland, including BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital, BC Cancer – Vancouver and Surrey, the BC Centre for Ability, and Open Door Group. A Child Life Specialist at BC Children’s Hospital, Daechsel served as the...

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...