News and Media Releases - Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals

May 8, 2024

Meet Music Therapist Lacey Friesen: She doesn’t sing ALL day—oh wait, yes she does!

“Every day in the hospital I am reminded of the healing power of music and the way it is able to break down barriers with…
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May 7, 2024

Meet Maddy Goodwin: Supporting Clients in HSC’s Central Dialysis Unit

Madeleine (Maddy) Goodwin started out as a marketing and communications associate with an agricultural association after completing a degree in International Development Studies in 2015.…
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May 6, 2024

Practicing Self-compassion: Mental Health Week 2024

May 6 to 12 is CMHA National’s / ACSM National Mental Health Week, and this year’s theme is ‘A Call to be Kind’, focused on…
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April 17, 2024

Meet Andrew Sonnasinh, OT: Supporting Client Quality of Life

When you meet Andrew Sonnasinh in person, it’s easy to imagine how he ended up a health-care professional. Kind, gentle, well-spoken and compassionate, Andrew is…
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April 4, 2024

Back to bargaining basics

It’s union terminology time! March 31, 2024 marked the expiry of MAHCP’s Central Table Collective Agreements, and we’re heading back to the bargaining table immediately,…
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April 2, 2024

Statement from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Budget 2024

Budget 2024 acknowledges that allied health professionals can help provide high-quality care to more Manitobans, and to fix what’s broken in our system. Allied health…
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April 2, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024

WHAT: On behalf of our 7,000+ highly specialized allied health members, Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) President Jason Linklater will attend today’s provincial…
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March 27, 2024

HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ Weeks

Today, CAMRT-MB, the home for provincial association services for MRTs in Manitoba, issued a news release sounding the alarm on increasing MRI wait times in…
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March 27, 2024

Meet Sharon Young, RSW: Driven by purpose

Sharon Young, Registered Social Worker at Women’s Health Clinic, calls herself a “worker at heart,” and says that her career has been the result of…
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March 26, 2024

Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unit

Today, Honourable Uzoma Asagwara, Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care announced the addition of an adult epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at HSC Winnipeg. The unit has…
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March 25, 2024

Meet Jasmine Masse, RSW: Connecting with clients & caregivers during challenging times

A phone conversation with Jasmine Masse, Registered Social Worker with the WRHA’s Home Care Community Stroke Care Service, is inspiring. She’s full of life and…
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March 22, 2024

Meet Concordia Hospital Pharmacist Gurminder Thindh: Reading, researching and writing ‘scrips

Gurminder Thindh was just 16 when his older sister married a pharmacist, and he says that set him down the path to a career in…
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