Events

Please join CUPE members and striking Ambulance Paramedics (CUPE 873) who will be holding a midday rally outside the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee headquarters in Vancouver. The B.C. Liberal government introduced -back-to-work" legislation against the Paramedics following an edict from VANOC directing them to end the strike. Date: Friday, November 6, 2009Time: 11:30 amPlace: VANOC HQ ... 3585 Graveley St...

November 6 marks the second annual Community Social Service Workers Appreciation Day, an event to acknowledge and celebrate the vital role that these workers play in making communities better places to live. Community social service workers represented by the Health Sciences Association work in child development centres, transition houses, infant development programs, community counselling centres, agencies for youths at risk...

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 are on the verge of a strike. Support the HandyDart workers at a rally at MetroTown Sunday Oct. 24 to support fair collective bargaining in the public sector. Rally information here.

Learning Opportunities Near You! DAY LOCATION WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 3 rd Vancouver Joint Committee Boot Camp 12 th Vancouver Incident Investigations 13 th Abbotsford Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour 23 rd Victoria Creating an Exposure Control Plan / Assessing & Controlling Personal Risk 24 th Victoria Hazards, Risks and Inspections 25 th Nanaimo Joint Committee Boot Camp 26 th Kelowna...

Families are planning rallies in the coming weeks to fight the cut in funding for autism services for children. HSA President Reid Johnson will join the Kelowna rally Sunday October 18 at 11 a.m. Date: Sunday, October 18th Time: 11 am - 1 pm Place: Kerry Park/The Sails (downtown Kelowna on Bernard Avenue) If you would like to help with...

British Columbia's Ambulance Paramedics - members of CUPE Local 873 - are still fighting for a fair contract.Please join them tomorrow - Friday, September 18 - for a march and rally in Richmond, BC and show your support for their struggle with the Campbell government.Marchers will assemble on the Elmbridge Way sidewalk at the north side of the Sheraton Airport...

Kimball Finigan (radiation therapist, representing Region 5 on HSA's board of directors) chats with representatives from the Centre for Ability in Vancouver.Representatives to this year's regional meetings will also elect delegates to HSA's health science professionals' bargaining proposal conference, to be held November 8-10. Click here for more information and a full schedule of regional meetings around the province.

As BC leaders in the fight to end breast cancer, the Health Sciences Association of BC is an active participant in the annual Run for the Cure, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's most important fundraising event of the year. As health sciences professionals, HSA members are the key health professionals breast cancer patients count on for the diagnosis and treatment...

UPCOMING FREE PUBLIC EVENTS: MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The BC Health Coalition is hosting TWO free public events with special guests from the US-based Physicians for a National Health Program, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and the Canadian Health Coalition. Learn what the current lawsuit launched by private clinics in B.C. means for public health care, US health insurance companies, and Canadas...

Monday, September 7 - celebrate Labour Day around the Province! Click here for a list of events in your community.