Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals - MAHCP
Proudly representing 7,500+ 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.
12/31/2025
Shaped by the strength of our members and their willingness to stand in solidarity for allied health recognition, 2025 was a year of action and advocacy.
From welcoming new Member Advocates and finding new ways to amplify member voices, to ratifying competitive contracts, investing in scholarships, and showing up at the bargaining table – this is what collective power looks like.
Our team is looking forward to doing more of this important work in 2026!
12/29/2025
We are proud to represent 7,500+ allied health professionals across the province, working in labs, hospitals, clinics, care homes, and community settings. But what exactly does mean, and who are our diverse members?
Over the past year, our team has had the pleasure of chatting with many MAHCP members, highlighting the specialized care and services they provide.
If you have some downtime over the holiday season, take a look at our member profiles to learn about our dynamic membership! While you're on the website, consider representing your profession, and complete our convenient member profile form. We'd love to tell your story.
Dorota is a Mental Health Therapist with the Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic at Deer Lodge Centre. As a registered social worker, Dorota plays a vital role in supporting those who have served our country – military members, veterans, RCMP officers, and their families – as they navigate the impacts of trauma and operational stress.
Across Manitoba, allied health professionals deliver specialized care in every corner of our healthcare system — in prevention, diagnostics, rehab, emergency response, community programs, cancer care, mental health, and so much more more.
To honour their dedication and heart, especially because so many of them will be working through the winter holiday season delivering vital patient care, we reimagined a holiday classic with an allied health twist.
Swipe to read an ode to our members.
12/23/2025
New year, new career?
Experienced in Labour Relations? Committed to a strong, sustainable public health care system? MAHCP is seeking a LRO 1 for a one-year term position.
Review the posting criteria and qualifications on our Employment Opportunities page and apply by email to careers@mahcp.ca no later than January 9, 2026.
As a surgical pathology assistant at the Health Sciences Centre, Alison dissects and examines tissues removed during surgery. She determines which specimens, from gallbladders to breast tissue, should be sent through the lab and to the pathologist for microscopic review and diagnosis.
Over the past four years in this role, Alison’s work has helped lead to life-changing diagnoses for patients, including an unexpected early cancer diagnosis for a patient receiving a routine surgery.
On behalf of MAHCP’s staff and Executive Council, happy holidays to you and yours!
We hope you have the opportunity to enjoy some well-deserved time off over the holidays to rest, recharge, and reconnect with family and friends.
Friendly reminder, the MAHCP office will be closed on statutory holidays (December 25 & 26, 2025; January 1, 2026). If you need to reach us over the holiday season, we are here to support you. Please call our main line at 204-772-0425 or email info@mahcp.ca and we will direct you to an appropriate resource.
Season’s greetings and best wishes for a healthy and happy 2026.
12/18/2025
Workplace Safety & Health Committees, and the representatives who sit on these important committees, play a vital role in monitoring, improving, and ensuring workplace safety. By law, committees are required in workplaces with 20+ staff, yet many Manitoba healthcare facilities don’t have one.
No committee = no inspections, no oversight, no accountability.
Last week, MAHCP representatives — including Executive Council members, staff, and frontline members — attended the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s mid-term conference, EmPOWERing WORKERS.
The conference brought together union members from across Manitoba to share ideas, learn new strategies for engaging members, and hear powerful organizing success stories.
At a time when the cost of living and income inequality continue to rise, unions play a critical role in helping workers build economic security. They also remain a powerful force for creating safer, more inclusive, and more welcoming workplaces.
We’re proud to be part of this collective movement and to bring these lessons back to our members as we continue advocating for allied health professionals across Manitoba.
12/13/2025
For 23 years, Kimberly has worked as a Laboratory Technician, with nearly 20 years at Dynacare. Throughout that time, she has become a familiar, reassuring presence at the River East Laboratory and Health Services Centre (LHSC) – someone patients can count on for skill, compassion, and a little humour to ease their day.
Kimberly sees her primary role as making every patient feel as comfortable as possible. Whether she’s chatting with her patients or inventing stories about the pictures on the wall, her goal is always the same: reduce fear and make the lab experience better for every person who walks through the door.
Despite having legislation designed to protect workers, Manitobans working in our public healthcare system face real safety challenges every day – from workplace violence to non-existent or ineffective Safety & Health committees.
As a Manitoba worker, you have four fundamental rights:
✊The Right to Know about hazards in the workplace, and to be trained on how to protect yourself.
✊The Right to Participate in safety activities.
✊The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work if you believe the task could cause immediate, serious, or long-term harm to you or someone else.
✊The Right to Protection from Reprisal when you speak up about safety concerns.
These rights exist to prevent incidents, injuries, and tragedies, but rights only work when employers and government uphold and enforce them. Right now, that isn’t happening.
Your legal rights to a safe work environment aren’t just words on paper. They are real, and they should be respected. Healthcare professionals are at the front lines, and you're considered the last line of defense for sick and injured Manitobans, but that doesn't mean you should face undue risks.
Check out our new health and safety resource at mahcp.ca/safety
This is the first step in a larger conversation about safety for Manitoba’s health care professionals… Because everyone deserves to go to work knowing they’ll be able to go home safe.
12/07/2025
For the past 24 years, Shane has worked as a paramedic, caring for Manitobans on their worst days. His decision to enter health care was rooted in community — and that same commitment continues to drive him today.
He began his career through a volunteer-based Emergency Medical Response Program, growing his skills and experience over the years to become an Intermediate Care Paramedic (ICP) based out of Whitemouth.
After more than two decades on the frontline, Shane is supporting EMS in a new way: he’s taken on a 10-week term position with MAHCP while one of our team members is away on leave. We’re grateful to have his perspective and experience helping support members during this time.
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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.
