HSA members have elected Jill Slind to serve a two-year term on the union’s board of directors representing Region 5, which includes a number of worksites in the Lower Mainland including BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and the Vancouver Cancer Centre.
Becky Packer has been re-elected to serve a two-year term as a member of HSA’s Board of Directors, representing HSA members in Region1 from worksites in Nanaimo and north on Vancouver Island.
A physiotherapist at Cumberland Health Centre, she has been active in the union since 2008, and was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2019. She has served as secretary-treasurer since 2020, and as chair of the union’s Climate Action Working Group.
The voting period in the 2021 HSA Regional Director elections to elect members of the union’s Board of Directors closes this Friday, April 23 at 8 p.m.
If you have misplaced your voting credentials, or didn’t receive an email with your voting credentials, please send an email to msobrino@hsabc.org to ensure the online election provider, Simply Voting, can send your electronic ballot and voting credentials in time to vote.
DATE: Thursday, June 24, 2021
TIME: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Virtual via WebEx
This is an awareness-raising day-long workshop on the challenges facing trans workers in communities, workplaces, and unions. We will explore how unions can work to end discrimination and support our trans members.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 9 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Glen Byle and Janice Morrison.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 7 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Jas Giddha and Edith MacHattie.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 5 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Ramzan Anjum and Jill Slind.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Two candidates have been nominated to represent HSA members who work in HSA Region 1 on the union’s board of directors.
The two candidates in the election are Becky Packer and Mark Swarek.
The successful candidate will assume the position of Regional Director for a two-year term at the conclusion of HSA's 2021 annual convention, June 3-4, 2021.
Candidate statements are included with voting credentials to be sent to members by email and are available on the HSA website.
Jing-Yi Ng has been acclaimed to represent HSA members in Region 3 on the HSA Board of Directors. Ng was acclaimed after the deadline passed with no further nominations.
Ng is a Member-at-Large sitting on the union’s Resolutions Committee. She is Assistant Chief Steward at Burnaby Hospital and is active as a Constituency Liaison in Burnaby-Deer Lake. She works as a Clinical Pharmacist at Burnaby Hospital and has served as a member of the union’s Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association bargaining committee.
Are you an HSA member with a passion for disability management and rehabilitation? Do you have strong organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills? Are you employed with the Vancouver Island Health Authority? If so, consider putting in an application for an appointment as an Enhanced Disability Management Program (EDMP) regional representative.
