Join us on May 1 at noon for the third annual campus march & rally to mark International Workers' Day!
You can also join us on April 22 at noon for a sign and button-making session to prepare for May Day.
Full details and member RSVPs at:
nasaunion.ca/mayday
Red-filtered photo of Parliament with the text, "Over 50 organizations urge Ottawa to enforce Canada Health Act. Read more: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
On the 42nd anniversary of the Canada Health Act, it's in danger from AB's Bill 11.
FOM & 50+ orgs across Canada sent a letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social & Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging them to enforce the Act to protect our public health care!
www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_cana...
Join @pialberta.bsky.social on April 8 for an urgent online townhall on the future of post-secondary education in Alberta.
Registration is required to attend:
www.pialberta.org/pse_answer_f...
BoG approved tuition increases for domestic and international students. It also passed the new draft recruitment policy, which removed language around EDI hiring practices.
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Today! We hope you can join us!
🛑🚨Bill 11: Important information about health care privatization in Alberta: www.una.ca/1759/bill11a...
The Alberta government continues to say that it is not bringing in US-style, two-tier health care
Have a read of this update from an ophthalmologists' office
A clear and blatant violation of the Canada Health Act and the principle of access based on need, not ability to pay
#cdnpoli #abpoli
Edmonton showed up in big numbers today at the @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social rally to say NO to two-tier health care and to call on the federal government to stand up to Alberta's Bill 11 and to enforce the Canada Health Act.
You can add your voice online now:
dayofaction.healthcoalition.ca
Today at noon!
Join NASA in-person or online on March 19 for our International Working Women's Day event, featuring City of Edmonton Historian Laureate Donna Coombs-Montrose. Details and registration at:
nasaunion.ca/internationa...
Today at 5:30 pm! Join @pialberta.bsky.social for a virtual town hall to learn more about the proposed changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and what Premier Danielle Smith and the Alberta government are proposing.
www.pialberta.org/cpp_virtual_...
Alberta's Bill 11 opens the door to two-tier health care and is the biggest ever threat to our universal public health care.
Join @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social on Monday, March 16 at noon to call for federal action to enforce the Canada Health Act!
Congratulations to the Fyrefly Institute for a great opening ceremony and Pride Parade to kick off the 2026 #UAlberta Pride Week!
NASA was thrilled to celebrate alongside the rest of the university community!
Check out all the great events at uab.ca/pride
We hope to see you today over the lunch hour for the #UAlberta Pride Week opening ceremony and parade!
Happy International Women's Day!
Today and every day, we celebrate and stand in solidarity with women who continue the long fight for equality and justice in their workplaces and communities.
Join @pialberta.bsky.social for a virtual town hall to learn more about the proposed changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and what Premier Danielle Smith and the Alberta government are proposing.
March 11 starting at 5:30 pm.
Details:
www.pialberta.org/cpp_virtual_...
"Food banks are meant to be a short-term emergency response for people who don’t have access to food, and not a long-term answer to food insecurity."
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The annual celebration of Pride Week at #UAlberta is March 9-14! Join NASA at the Pride Parade on March 9 from 11:30 am-1:00 pm starting at the Myer Horowitz Theatre Lobby in SUB and check out the full week of events at:
www.ualberta.ca/en/fyrefly-i...
Alberta post-secondary institutions now fund 59% of operating expenses from own-source revenue (tuition, fees, and federal transfers). In 2020-21 it was 47%.
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Always the most telling graph in the #abbudget. Alberta could go from the projected $9.4 billion deficit to a $7 billion surplus and STILL be the lowest-taxed province in Canada.
Wednesday, February 25 is Pink Shirt Day, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about bullying in schools, workplaces, and online.
We encourage all NASA members to wear pink tomorrow to show your support for kind, respectful, and inclusive spaces.
#pinkshirtday
There's still time to register for today's event organized by the NASA EDI Committee to celebrate Black History Month and the contributions of Black communities to the labour movement and Canada.
Noon today online and in-person. Details & register: nasaunion.ca/together-fai...
NASA is hiring a new Director of Operations.
The DOO is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing the union’s internal operations, administrative systems, and organizational infrastructure.
Full details are available at nasaunion.ca/doo.
The deadline to apply is March 19, 2026.
Alberta's new two-tier legislation encourages a private health insurance market for services covered under the Canada Health Act. It's a decisive shift towards U.S. health care based on greed+ profit-taking, not “European” health care @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
"What we're hearing is a very consistent alarm from our members that what they're seeing in this policy revision is part of a larger backlash against EDI initiatives."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"We've continually had increased burden and demand on supports and services our staff provide and then we've also, in that same amount of time, had a continuing reduction [in staff]."
#UAlberta
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"This decision goes against everything this university claims to stand for."
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Today at noon, join @ParklandInst for a free webinar to launch the new report “The End of Canadian Medicare? Alberta Legislation Opens the Door to U.S. Health Care.”
Register: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The annual Take Back the Night march is our opportunity to stand with others in the #UAlberta community to say that sexual and gender-based violence has no place on our campus.
Thanks to the U of A Sexual Assault Centre and the Students' Union for organizing!
Mark Sexual and Gender Based Violence Awareness Week at #UAlberta from January 19-23. The week of events includes the Take Back the Night march on January 22 at 6 pm leaving from SUB Stage, Students' Union Building (SUB). Full details at: www.su.ualberta.ca/about-uasu/u...