Union Elections and Meetings
Are you looking for a more active role in the union? Then run for Member-at-Large! Member-at-Large elections are conducted during the unions regional meetings held each fall. This year, Member-at-Large elections will take place in odd-numbered regions (1, 3, 5, 7, and 9). Members-at-Large are elected by regional meeting delegates and begin their term at the conclusion of the 2009...
HSA regional meetingWednesday, September 24, 20088:30 a.m. ... 4:00 p.m.Grand Okanagan Resort-Columbia Room"1310 Water Street, Kelowna Regional meetings are an excellent forum for HSA members to review the issues and activities of the past year, and discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. The meeting will be chaired by your Region8 Director, Joan Magee, and HSA president Reid Johnson...
Suzanne Bennett, regional director for HSA Region 1, has been elected by the HSA Board of Directors to serve as the unions vice-president. The vice-president assumes the duties of the president at the presidents request or in the presidents absence and chairs the unions resolutions committee. This is her second term as vice-president. Bennett is a youth addictions counsellor at...
Delegates rallied to Stand Up for Medicare. Delegates to the 37th annual convention of the Health Sciences Association kicked off the two-day convention with a rally to support Medicare, and closed the annual meeting bidding farewell to two long-standing board members. The Friday rally, -Standing up for Medicare" featured warnings about what the future hold for health care in B.C...
The Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA) will kick off its 37th annual convention Friday, April 18, 2008 at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby, 6083 MacKay Avenue. Charting our Course is the theme of this years convention, as delegates consider a number of resolutions to set priorities for the unions future. Delegates will also participate in a noon-hour...
HSA members in Region 10 have elected Heather Sapergia, a medical laboratory technologist at Prince George Regional Hospital, as their representative on the union's Board of Directors. The other candidate for election was Mandi Ayers, a medical laboratory technologist at Bulkley Valley District Hospital. Heather ‘s activities in HSA include terms as an OH&S Steward, General Steward and Chief Steward...
HSA members in Region 2 have elected Valerie Avery, a physiotherapist at Royal Jubilee Hospital, as their representative on the union's Board of Directors. The other candidates for election were Derrick Hoyt, a pathologists assistant at Royal Jubilee Hospital, and Anna Morton, a social worker at Queen Alexandra Centre for Childrens Health. Valerie has been a member of HSA for...
During the next several weeks, HSA members in Region 2 will have an opportunity to elect a new representative on the HSA Board of Directors. Current Region 2 Director, Brian Isberg, announced last year that he would not be seeking re-election.Nominations for the position closed on February 7th with three members declaring their candidacy: Val Avery, a physiotherapist at Royal...
Agnes Jackman, a physiotherapist at George Pearson Rehabilitation Centre, has been acclaimed as the Region 4 representative on the HSA Board of Directors after the February 7th deadline passed with no further nominations.Agnes has been an HSA member since 1973, when she started working as a physical therapist at Vancouver General Hospital. She was active in her professional association from...
Rachel Tutte, a physiotherapist at Holy Family Hospital has been acclaimed as the Region 6 representative on the HSA Board of Directors after the February 7th deadline passed with no further nominations.Rachel has been a member of HSA since 1986 when she started work at St. Marys Hospital in New Westminster. She soon became active in the union as a...