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MAHCP statement on the Throne Speech
Read Article: MAHCP statement on the Throne SpeechPosted November 18, 2025 The Honourable Anita Neville, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba delivered the Province’s Speech from the Throne outlining the Government of Manitoba’s priorities for next year. The speech included several health care-related commitments, including a promise to end mandatory overtime, starting with nurses. The speech prioritized Advanced Care Paramedics in rural Manitoba, and new…
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Medical Radiation Technologists Week
Read Article: Medical Radiation Technologists WeekIf you have ever had an X-Ray, scan, MRI, mammogram, nuclear medicine test or radiation therapy, you have been in the care of a Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT). MRTs are highly-educated professionals who operate CT and PET scanners, MRIs, X-rays, and other diagnostic imaging technologies, and who also provide lifesaving radiation therapy to patients with…
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2025 AGM Recap
Read Article: 2025 AGM RecapMissed the AGM? Watch the livestream of the meeting or check out the highlights in our blog below! ON THIS PAGE: Honour Roll MAHCP at NUPGE Staff Recognition Executive Council Prize Draw Details Message from the President On behalf of MAHCP Council and staff, thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting. For…
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Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Member Safety & Health
Read Article: Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Member Safety & HealthPosted on September 29, 2025 Health care is a dangerous place to work. Injury rates in health care, including physical and psychological injuries, are higher than in any other sector or profession, according to Manitoba Workers Compensation Board statistics. Despite the risks, we still show up for our patients, clients, and residents every day. The…
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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation – Ways to get involved
Read Article: National Day for Truth & Reconciliation – Ways to get involvedTuesday, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to honour Residential School Survivors and to help all Canadians understand this dark chapter in our country’s history and its present-day impacts. In 2021, almost one-quarter of a million Indigenous people called Manitoba home, making up 18.1% of the population, and more than…
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MAHCP statement to our members at Women’s Health Clinic
Read Article: MAHCP statement to our members at Women’s Health ClinicPosted September 16, 2025 During the week of September 8, Women’s Health Clinic made headlines due to the resignation of its five-year Executive Director, who cited an environment tainted by “toxicity and latent and overt racism and white privilege”. Women’s Health Clinic staff includes 30 valuable MAHCP members who work as counsellors, educators, dietitians, and…
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Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees launches new website
Read Article: Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees launches new websiteUpdate from MFUR President Paul Moist Posted September 2, 2025 The Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees (MFUR) is back online with a new website stronger than ever! MFUR was “re-booted” in May 2024 after ceasing operations during the COVID pandemic. As the Manitoba affiliate of the 500,000-member Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC), MFUR…
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Unions: More important than ever!
Read Article: Unions: More important than ever!A message from NUPGE President Bert Blundon Posted August 31, 2025 This past month we witnessed the inspiring example of ten thousand unionized flight attendants going on strike to take a stand against poverty wages. When the federal government attempted to interfere in their right to collectively bargain, they were joined in the streets and…
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Crisis Response Centre: An Ongoing Crisis for Clinicians
Read Article: Crisis Response Centre: An Ongoing Crisis for CliniciansPosted August 29, 2025 It has been 15 months since the Winnipeg Free Press published an article exposing the serious challenges facing mental health clinicians, social workers, nurses, and counsellors working at the Crisis Response Centre (CRC), a vital 24/7 facility that supports Manitobans in need of urgent mental health care. Fifteen months later, and…
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The Legacy of Labour Day in Manitoba
Read Article: The Legacy of Labour Day in ManitobaOn the first Monday of September each year, Canadians gather to celebrate Labour Day. While today it’s often seen as the last long weekend of summer, its roots run much deeper. Labour Day is a time to honour the struggles and sacrifices of working people who fought to secure rights, protections, and dignity in the…
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MAHCP statement about CancerCare Manitoba’s safety & security protocols
Read Article: MAHCP statement about CancerCare Manitoba’s safety & security protocolsPosted August 20, 2025 It has been less than two weeks since concerns about safety and security at the Health Sciences Centre campus reached a boiling point following escalating violence. Yet, this week, CancerCare Manitoba was in the news for continuing to direct staff to use one of five less secure building doors other than…
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MAHCP message to our members working at HSC in response to security concerns
Read Article: MAHCP message to our members working at HSC in response to security concernsPosted August 8, 2025 To our valued members working at HSC: MAHCP is keenly aware of recent threats to the physical safety of staff and patients at Health Sciences Centre, including serious incidents that have occurred in the past day. We have long been pushing the employer for urgent action. They aren’t doing enough to…
