Events

The Report, HSA's official publication published six times per year, has been awarded the Ed Finn Award for best feature story by the national 450-member Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM). The article "Health care workers face highest risk" by Carol Riviere and Yukie Kurahashi was an in-depth feature on workplace violence in the health care setting. It featured HSA...

The World Peace Forum will be a major international gathering for individuals and organizations to come together.

OTTAWA ... The Canadian Labour Congress turns fifty this month. It was on April 23rd, 1956, at a convention in Toronto, that the Canadian Labour Congress was born from the union of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. -In fifty years, we have accomplished so much yet there is much more to be...

The Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) will kick off its 35th annual convention Friday, April 7 at the Hilton Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby. HSA represents health science professionals who provide diagnostic, rehabilitation and clinical services in the health care system. HSA also represents workers in the community social services and community health care. More than 200 delegates will participate...

"Making Our Voices Heard" May 1 ... 3, 2006Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel & Marina, VictoriaThis is a womens conference wherelabour and community women from around the province will meet to focus onwomens economic equality, womens advocacy and childcare issues. The conference will open with a paneldiscussion with guest speakers who are knowledgeable about these issues. The training sessions will ensure...

Ottawa (22 Feb. 2006) - International Women's Day (IWD) is the story of ordinary women as makers of history. It is rooted in the centuries old struggle of women seeking to participate in society on an equal footing with men. The idea of an IWD (March 8) first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world...

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC/Yukon Chapter is currently looking for two key, community-minded volunteers to help make the Sunday, October 1, 2006 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure happen in Kelowna and Vancouver. CBCF BC/Yukon Chapter seeks a Co-Run Director volunteer in Kelowna CBCF BC/Yukon Chapter seeks a Co-Run Director volunteer in Vancouver

Are you a woman considering either running for elected office, or working in a key position in a future election campaign? If so, then the 8th Annual Womens Campaign School is for you. Dates: March 3, 4 and 5, 2006 Location: UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, B.C. The Canadian Women Voters Congress is a nonpartisan grass roots organization dedicated to encouraging...

BL10087 The 10th Annual Labour Community Christmas Dinners will be held on Saturday, December 24th, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Whalley Legion Hall in Surrey and the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver.There are many ways that HSA members can help.HSA members wishing to make a donation can send cheques payable to: Labour Community Christmas Dinnerc/o Angela Schira, Secretary-TreasurerBC...

BL10075Solidarity is more than making donations. Personal contact and relationships between people from the north and the south can be as important as money.Are you interested in learning first hand about the projects HSA supports in Central America? Would you like to see for yourself the reality for the majority of the population in Central America? Are you ready for...