HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract are now welcome to apply for professional development funding available through the 2024-25 Professional Enhancement Bursary. To apply, members will need to have a personal email address registered with the union. To prepare for your application, please read the rest of this email to learn about the new...

HSA supports CUPW (Canadian Union of Postal Workers) members who are on strike right now against Canada Post. These workers are fighting to maintain good jobs and benefits, while also pushing to expand services that benefit all Canadians. HSA members who would like to show their support for CUPW have several options: You can visit this CUPW website, which will...

Are You 35 or Under? Join HSA’s Young Workers Committee! HSA is now accepting applications for the 2025 Young Workers’ Committee. The group advises the union’s Board of Directors on issues important to the one-third of HSA members who are 35 and under. The Young Workers’ Committee (YWC) is comprised of five (5) young workers who help the union to...

Three candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in Region 4 on the union’s board of directors: Maha Elashi, Laura Greenwood, and Tanya Dunne. Please click here to see their candidate statements. The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for the remainder of the two-year term, which will end at the conclusion of HSA's...

HSA’s Board of Directors has set the dates for the union’s 2025 Convention in Vancouver. Delegates from worksites across BC will gather April 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver for the annual governance event in which direction for the union is set by debating convention resolutions submitted by members at chapter meetings. The Convention will be preceded by...

HSA members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) contract will soon be eligible to apply for professional development funding available through the 2024-25 Professional Enhancement Bursary. Applications for the Professional Enhancement Bursary will open on Wednesday, November 20. To apply, members will need to have a personal email address registered with the union. The application will be...

Kane Tse, President of Health Sciences Association of BC, today released the following statement: On behalf of over 22,000 specialized health professionals in BC, I would like to note that our province has lost a great champion today. John Horgan believed in a better future. He believed that we could get there together, by recognizing that everyone had value, by...

Delegates from worksites around the province gathered in Burnaby this week to begin the work on negotiating the next collective agreement for members covered by the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association. Over 1300 individual bargaining proposals, covering a wide range of issues, were submitted by chapters throughout BC, and delegates to the bargaining proposal conference did the hard work of...