UNA Local 1 (Peter Lougheed Centre)

01/12/2026

Hello Local 1 Members,


There will be a Friends of Medicare Town Hall at the Parkdale United Church on Saturday January 24 at 2:00pm focused on an Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Calgary. Friends of Medicare are also looking for health care workers to speak at the Town Hall after Dr Paul Parks. They are looking for personal stories about the impact of public health care or loss thereof. If you are interested, please email Faisel Kassam at fkassam@una.ca.


For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_calgary


-Local 1 Exec

01/08/2026

Log into UNA forums to watch the recorded video

01/07/2026

Alberta Needs Care. The solution is capacity.

12/29/2025

Hello Local 1 Members,


We will be holding our next member meeting on Wednesday January 7, 2026 at 1630hrs by Zoom. All members must register on DMS to attend this meeting. The registration deadline is Tuesday January 6, 2026 by end of day.

Members can register by following this link: https://dms.una.ca/event/una0235593b50370d3f

If you require assistance to sign up for the meeting on DMS please call the Local 1 Executive at 403-670-8823 and we will walk you through how to register. A meeting link is available on the DMS event page and it will also be emailed to those who have registered after registration closes.

We look forward to seeing those of you who can make it.

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

12/18/2025

United Nurses of Alberta encourages recent nursing school graduates to apply for Transitional Graduate Nurse positions that have recently been posted on the Alberta Health Services Careers website.

The more than 200 positions on the AHS job board are part of the Graduate Nursing Transition Pilot Project that was negotiated as part of UNA’s Provincial Collective Agreement. The pilot project requires the employers to hire 1,000 new nursing graduates for each year of the four year contract.

These positions are for 12-months and include two phases.

During the first phase, these nursing positions will be supernumerary and will include a 3 to 6 month enhanced orientation where the employee is paired with a Clinical Guide to develop and complete a personalized learning plan.

The second phase of these positions will include independent practice with support from an assigned mentor.

After transitioning to independent practice, nurses in these positions will be required to apply for available vacant positions of no less than 0.5 FTE in a similar practice setting, ideally within the same unit, program, site, or office.

Currently I do not see any transitional graduate nurse positions in Calgary but there are positions in rural or Edmonton. Please keep a lookout for more possible postings in the future.

12/10/2025

The 2026 schedule is out for UNA workshops! If you haven’t taken any before you can go to dms.una.ca under “events” to register now. Spots are limited and fill up fast. You will receive salary replacement and lunch. The workshops are held at the SARO office across from FMC.

12/06/2025

We had our Local 1 AGM on Wednesday and it was great to see everyone who attended!

12/06/2025

With the holidays coming up, this is just a reminder of your rights when it comes to named holidays