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Music therapy is a discipline in which credentialed professionals (MTA*) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains. Canadian Association of Music Therapists

MAHCP’s Special Meeting on January 26 at 6 p.m. is fast approaching and we look forward to having members join us! At this important online meeting, members will debate and vote on a proposed change to MAHCP’s Constitution that would reshape our Executive Council from the current profession-based model to one based on “Districts.” The…

As you may have heard, the Manitoba Government’s vaccination program for health care workers continues to expand.  Today, government announced expanded eligibility criteria which will mean that more MAHCP members will qualify to be vaccinated. For current eligibility criteria, please check the Manitoba Government website: https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/vaccine/eligibility-criteria.html. If you believe you meet one or more of…

The December 2020 edition of the MAHCP Newsletter is now available, which features a message from President Bob Moroz, information on an upcoming Special Meeting, our Vice President’s report and an article on our current awareness campaign that has been hitting the airwaves. You’ll see that this edition of the newsletter has an entirely new…

This morning, the Government of Manitoba announced a $35 Million front-line Caregiver Wage Support Program. The media release describes the program as one that will help thousands of eligible front line workers with a wage top of $5/hour between November 1, 2020 and January 10,2021. Here are a couple of quotes from the government news…

MAHCP is very proud to announce the addition of Tania Wiebe to our Labour Relations team! Wiebe has worked in community health in various capacities since 2002, including over 10 years as a program coordinator at Nine Circles Community Health Centre and seven years as a board member of Sexuality Education Resource Centre. Her work…

November 8 to 14 is Medical Radiation Technology Week and we salute all of our MAHCP members in this field. Thank you! Medical radiation technologists (MRTs) work within four disciplines: radiological technology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy or magnetic resonance imaging. This year, the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is using MRT Week as the…

MAHCP statement on health care worker death related to Victoria General Hospital outbreak: Today, we learned the devastating news that a fellow health care worker, a member of CUPE, has died related to the COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria General Hospital. First and foremost, I’d like to convey our deepest condolences on behalf of MAHCP to…

Message to MAHCP members: The news of late has been increasingly alarming for MAHCP members and everyone in health care.  This weekend it got worse, with a nightmare scenario unfolding at Maples Long Term Care Home involving multiple patient deaths.  This is the scenario we have all been fearing, signs of a system that is…

We would like to thank all those MAHCP members who attended yesterday’s MAHCP AGM, our first virtual AGM! And now we’d like to announce the winners of the MAHCP AGM Prizes, they were selected by random number generator and list is below. CONGRATULATIONS! There will be another chance for attendees to win a prize, as…

The importance of Respiratory Therapists has been highlighted in Manitoba this week, which is actually Respiratory Therapy Week across Canada. At MAHCP, we salute our members in this field, thank you for your dedication! The Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists proclaims the last week in October as Respiratory Therapy Week in Canada, to celebrate the…