Apply for the next English course
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The next set of classes will run from August 31 to December 18. Registration will open in late July or early August -- please check back. Please note that space is limited, so enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that the course …
Last updated: Apr 23, 2026
About MOSAIC
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MOSAIC (Multi-lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities) is one of Canada’s largest settlement non-profit organizations. MOSAIC has provided settlement English in the Vancouver area for over 35 years. Since 2013 MOSAIC has …
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
About the EAL course
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The HEU-MOSAIC English classes are offered either fully online or hybrid (online and in-person). Online classes: You will complete independent study activities on your own schedule on a Moodle site. There will be weekly group workshops and …
Last updated: Apr 2, 2026
FBA reaches tentative agreement for more than 67,500 Facilities health care workers
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[BURNABY, B.C.] – The nine-union Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) reached a tentative agreement late last night with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) that will continue to improve working and caring conditions in B.C.’s hospitals and …
Last updated: Dec 8, 2025
Changes to sick note criteria
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The provincial government has announced amendments to the Employment Standards Act in an effort to reduce unnecessary administrative work for physicians asked to write sick notes. Under the new provision, which goes into effect immediately, health care …
Last updated: Nov 14, 2025
Act Now: to extend the Provincial Rural Retention Incentive
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Act Now: to extend the Provincial Rural Retention Incentive …
Last updated: Mar 13, 2026
Mission Creek Landing
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HEU is the best union for Mission Creek Landing workers! Hospital Employees' Union is B.C.'s largest health care union, representing more than 60,000 health care workers. I'm ready to join! I'd like to learn more! Remember: any communication you have with …
Last updated: Mar 13, 2026
HEU introduces new Ethics Commissioner
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The Hospital Employees’ Union would like to welcome Jess Hadley as our new Ethics Commissioner. With more than two decades of experience, Hadley is a renowned labour and employment lawyer, mediator and investigator. She specializes in resolving workplace …
Last updated: Oct 15, 2025
Provincial Rural and Retention Incentives Program Receives Second Extension by B.C. Government
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The B.C. Ministry of Health informed the Hospital Employees’ Union (HEU) that the Provincial Rural and Retention Incentives (PRRI) program has again been extended through to December 31, 2025, in the existing 76 eligible communities. “Over the past …
Last updated: Jan 29, 2026
HEU members take their fight for permanent residency to Ottawa
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HEU members are continuing to push the federal government to reverse its cuts to the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), taking their case to the federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lena Metlege Diab. On September 18, Harjinder Kaur, …
Last updated: Oct 3, 2025