Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals - MAHCP
Proudly representing 7000+ allied health professionals delivering essential health-care and social services to Manitobans.
Our members work in 50 specialized disciplines in labs, hospitals, clinics, community and long-term care settings across Manitoba. The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) has over 40 years of experience exclusively representing Manitoba's Allied Health Professionals in Diagnostics, Emergency, Community Health and Therapy/Rehabilitation.
08/26/2025
It's that time of year again! MAHCP members, registration is now open for the 55th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is your opportunity to hear directly from union leadership, weigh in on important decisions, and help shape MAHCP’s direction for the year ahead.
Details:
đź—“ Thursday, October 16, 2025
⌚️Call to Order: 6:30 PM
đź“ŤVirtual via Zoom
Reminder: You must be a MAHCP Member in Good Standing or an Associate Member to attend the AGM. Registration closes on October 13, 2025.
08/24/2025
Are you inspired by a colleague’s dedicated union volunteerism? Or maybe you’re deeply thankful for the significant difference they’ve made to fellow MAHCP members as an advocate, council director, or go-to leader in their workplace.
Have a union superstar in mind? Nominate them for MAHCP's 2025 Honour Roll! Find eligibility criteria and our online submission form on your Member Portal: https://mahcpmemberportal.ca/honour-roll/
đź“…Nominations are open until September 5 at 4 PM.
08/22/2025
HSC is our province’s flagship acute care centre, providing life-saving emergency interventions, vital diagnostic assessments, treatments for serious diseases, and leading scientific research. Children's Hospital, CancerCare Manitoba, Cadham Lab, Canadian Blood Services, Manitoba Clinic, and more - there are thousands of valuable allied health members working at the hospital and surrounding area. And they've told us they don't feel safe.
This summer, HSC’s Workplace Safety & Health Committee delivered a set of strong security and safety recommendations, quite frankly, many of which should have been implemented long ago.
"MAHCP is pushing for an urgent employer response, including increased security staffing and an alert system, and we are asking campus employers to work together to implement the plan’s recommendations without delay," said Jason Linklater, President, MAHCP. "Mitigate risks, increase security, and bolster feelings of safety for employees, patients and visitors - now. It shouldn’t have taken a series of serious and violent incidents to generate real action."
Every time we ask our members to share anonymous feedback about life and work at the HSC campus, we learn about another dangerous incident or security concern. Every day that Shared Health delays implementing change, potentially dangerous situations or incidents occur that could have been avoided.
08/09/2025
Throughout the provincial election in 2023, the NDP ran on fixing health care: pledging shorter wait times, better access, and a shift in culture for front-line staff. Yet nearly two years into their mandate, their government is pointing fingers instead of making real change.
And while politicians argue over who’s to blame, patients and health care professionals are left picking up the pieces.
We’re tired. Tired of the finger-pointing. Tired of delays. Tired of the same system with a new spin.
Excuses are wearing thin, and Manitobans are paying attention.
Earlier this week, MAHCP President Jason Linklater provided a comment on this issue to the Winnipeg Free Press:
“At many levels of the health-care system, including among some of the key players and decision-makers, the culture hasn’t changed. It needs to. If Manitobans don’t get lower wait times and better access to care, they’re not going to blame the party out of power. Manitobans can see through the political blame game. They want action from the people they elected.”
07/31/2025
Imagine living with Parkinson’s disease and moving to a more accessible home (~10 minutes away), only to discover that your four daily home care appointments won’t be available to you for FIVE weeks.
Imagine your 72-year-old spouse, still working full-time, is now your full-time caregiver: getting you up and dressed; making meals; putting on compression socks; un******ng you and putting you to bed; disconnecting and connecting your urinary catheter, and helping you shower.
Then, when home care is finally reinstated, imagine that the new schedule includes a morning home care appointment at 9:45 AM and a bedtime care appointment at 9 PM, neither of which are ideal.
This is someone’s real experience. It’s not dignified, and it’s not accessible care.
Recent media coverage has highlighted significant challenges related to the WRHA’s newly centralized scheduling system, including assignment delays, and a resulting increase in missed home care appointments.
Home care is a vital service, and right now, some of those who need support are struggling, which weighs heavily on the health-care aides, home care workers, and home care case coordinators in our system who are desperately trying to juggle it all.
Imagine if you didn’t have a partner or advocate capable of filling in the gaps?
Manitobans should not have to go to the media just to get the attention they need to solve a care crisis, or to generate the action needed to address the systemic challenges health-care professionals face.
This is not the way public health-care should work.
07/30/2025
Yesterday’s violent incident involving a patient and our paramedics is horrifying to most of us, but it’s a daily reality for first responders. The outcome could have been tragic, and the psychological impact of this kind of threat is long-lasting for our members.
The response to violent incidents from health-care employers often seems to be driven by damage control rather than addressing actual risks.
“This violent attack on paramedics is absolutely intolerable,” says Rebecca Clifton, Administrative Director, Paramedic Association of Manitoba, and Labour Relations Officer, MAHCP. “They did everything right while providing care, following protocol, and still found themselves in a terrifying situation. No one should fear for their life while trying to save someone else’s. Paramedics, along with all first responders, deserve better protection and more respect.”
Klinic is so much to so many people in our community.
It’s a safety net, it’s valuable 24/7 counselling services, crisis intervention and education. It’s qualified, multi-disciplinary primary care for everyone. It’s a place of connection for those who feel marginalized or isolated. It’s intensive services for sexual assault survivors and bereavement counselling for those who’ve suffered a loss to su***de.
And MAHCP is proud to represent 150 allied health professionals who work there.
With last week’s release of a deeply concerning, independent Organizational Review report which spoke of mishandled staff complaints of racism and transphobia, unkind and authoritarian management, and heavy-handed employer tactics, we’re calling for urgent improvements and decisive action. Klinic needs leadership. The team needs to listen. To empower. To act now.
To our members: We know you care about the clients you serve, but you deserve to feel safe and supported while at work. Despite all the challenges you may face while working at Klinic, you continue to show up for your clients and your co-workers. We are here to support you through the next steps of the process, and we are hopeful for change.
“Klinic's Board of Directors made a commitment to engage with you, as well as with the leadership team and unions, to develop a “…concrete, inclusive action plan based on the recommendations.” MAHCP will be actively participating in the next steps of the process as we work to ensure the report's recommendations are implemented. We intend to hold the employer accountable and make sure they follow through.” – Jason Linklater, President, MAHCP
Swipe through to learn more about Klinic.
07/18/2025
Calling all MAHCP members! Are you proud of your profession? Would you like to share your story and showcase the important work you do?
Be part of our website's Member Profiles (and consider letting us put your smiling face up on our office walls!) It's easy:
1) Complete our online form with information about you and your role: your purpose, what drew you into health care, what motivates and inspires you each day, and anything else you want to share.
2) Our team will compile it into a human interest piece for your review and sign off.
3) We'll request photos from you to accompany the article: you and your partner, your pets, your family participating in weekend activities, whatever you feel best represents you!
Telling your stories can elevate awareness of the critical parts allied health professionals play in Manitobans' care. (Plus, we enjoy reading about you and seeing your smiling faces.)
Yesterday, the Province of Manitoba announced its renewal of the STARS air ambulance contract. And while we acknowledge that STARS provides life-saving interventions to critically ill and injured patients, this not-for-profit alone can’t fix Manitoba’s emergency response crisis.
Our province needs more paramedics on trucks, period. Shared Health paramedics are so few in number – with more than 200 vacant positions to be filled – that some Manitobans are waiting an hour or more for them to arrive in a medical emergency.
“This contract renewal doesn’t address the root of the issue: Shared Health’s approach to paramedic recruitment and retention has failed,” says Jason Linklater, MAHCP President. "And rural Manitobans are paying the price in longer wait times."
07/11/2025
Yesterday, the Province of Manitoba announced its renewal of the air ambulance contract. And while we acknowledge that STARS provides essential, life-saving interventions to critically ill and injured patients, this not-for-profit alone can’t fix Manitoba's emergency response crisis.
Our province needs more paramedics on ambulances, period. Shared Health paramedics are so few in number – with more than 200 vacant positions to be filled – that some Manitobans are waiting an hour or more for them to arrive in a medical emergency.
“Shared Health’s approach to paramedic recruitment and retention is failing,” says Jason Linklater, MAHCP President. "Manitoba's government can only fulfill their promise to rebuild the paramedic workforce if they develop and invest in a comprehensive plan to train, recruit, and retain paramedics. So far it’s not happening, and Manitobans living or travelling in rural communities have unequal access to emergency care due to continued inaction.”
07/11/2025
June 13 to 15 marked our union's inaugural participation in National Union of Public and General Employees triennial convention in Fredericton. Beautiful city, meaningful connections, critical discussions for allied health!
Thank you to participating MAHCP members (Executive Council directors and staff) for standing up for allied health. MAHCP put forward a resolution of our own, pushing the national body to intensify its advocacy in support of a Canada-wide allied health human resource action plan.
"Manitoba is experiencing extreme health-care staffing shortages and a lack of forward planning when it comes to high-demand allied health professions. But we also need a Canada-wide, coordinated plan to address the most at-risk professions and bolster our health-care system. Provincial investments must dovetail with a national action strategy, so we're all moving in the same direction."
Last week, Brandon members welcomed us with open arms (and so many great questions!) for an in-person coffee & conversation event at . We enjoyed a tour of the very impressive, high-tech, , and an all-around positive meet & greet.
Special thanks to Candace for accommodating our delegation (on her vacation, I might add!) and to all 65+ members who came down to meet the MAHCP team and share their insights. We learn so much from your experiences, and we enjoyed getting together to talk collective agreements, staffing challenges, the future of Manitoba's health-care system, and more.
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MAHCP is a union of health care professionals dedicated to protecting, advocating for, and advancing the rights of its members through labour relations activities. Our vision is to increase the awareness and recognition of MAHCP to members, the public and government.
We represent approximately 6,500 members across more than 160 disciplines that are part of the continuum of care you receive every time you visit a health care facility in our province.
A Voice For Health Care
When it comes to patient care and recovery, the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals are on hand when you need them most. Whether arriving by ambulance to meet your urgent needs or behind the scenes running tests and getting you results, the paramedical and technical experts of MAHCP keep Manitoba's health care system running.
For 50 years, MAHCP has been the only union in Manitoba focused solely on supporting Manitoba’s paramedical and technical health care professionals.
MAHCP represents over 160 disciplines across the province. Each and every health care worker that provides these specialized services matters. And because we understand the work they do, how they do it and why these professions are so vital to our health care system, MAHCP remains dedicated to a stable future for Manitoba’s health care.
Our members’ concerns will not be overshadowed by the concerns of larger groups, such as health care support, maintenance or even non-health care related groups. Our collective voice, fights for our members and for your health care services, which makes us uniquely positioned to keep Manitoba health care strong.
