Welcome to our new website dedicated to sharing information to Local 15 nurses and health-care professionals.
We represent more than 700 members from 18 different bargaining units, including nursing homes, long-term care facilities, hospitals, health units, HCCSSs, a residential centre and student health centre.
If you have a labour relations issue, have recently started a new job but have not signed up through your union representative, or have questions/concerns about your contract or working conditions, please contact your Bargaining Unit President.
LOCAL CORE EXECUTIVE
| Local Coordinator | Muriel Vandepol | local015@ona.org |
| Vice Coordinator | Angela Clancy | rowph-cobup@ona.org |
| Secretary | Sabrina Martin | local015sec@ona.org |
| Treasurer | Gretchen Sangster | local015tr@ona.org |
BARGAINING UNIT AND SITE REPS
| Age Care West Williams | Emilia Dragan | cwbup@ona.org |
| Cambridge Country Manor | Megan Cunningham | ccmbup@ona.org |
| Caressant Care – Arthur | Vacant | local015@ona.org |
| Caressant Care – Fergus | Edixa Jose | ccfbup@ona.org |
| Extendicare Columbia Forest Long Term Care | Jane Blake | axrbup@ona.org |
| Extendicare Forest Heights Long Term Care | (Tanya) Tatijana Skafar | fhltcbup@ona.org |
| Extendicare Stirling Heights Long Term Care | Barbara Goettling | shltcbup@ona.org |
| Groves Memorial Community Hospital | Taylor Rulton | gmchbup@ona.org |
| Hilltop Manor LTC | Sharon Turner | hmcbup@ona.org |
| Lanark Heights LTC | May Oliverio | lhltcbup@ona.org |
| North Wellington Health Care, Palmerston Hospital – Site Rep | Mark Byers | local15nwhcs@ona.org |
| North Wellington Health Care, Louise Marshall Hospital – BUP | Sharon Kendall | nwhcbup@ona.org |
| Parkwood Mennonite Home | Sandra Gerber | pmhbup@ona.org |
| Region of Waterloo Public Health – BUP | Diana Fox | rowphbup@ona.org |
| Region of Waterloo Public Health – Co-BUP | Angela Clancy | rowph-cobup@ona.org |
| Region of Waterloo – Sunnyside Home | Krista Amato | shltcwbup@ona.org |
| Sunbeam Community and Developmental Services | Maddy Lank | local015@ona.org |
| University of Guelph Student Health Service | Vacant | local015@ona.org |
| Waterloo-Wellington HCCSS – BUP | Dale Soegtrop | wwhccssbup@ona.org |
| Waterloo-Wellington HCCSS – Site Rep | James Prange | local15wwhccss@ona.org |
| Wellington Dufferin Guelph Health Unit | Manon Racine | wdgphbup@ona.org |
You can visit ONA’s Find your Contract webpage for the most up-to-date contracts. Visit the Bargaining Updates page for the latest ONA central bargaining news.
Learn more about central and local bargaining: “Bargaining 101: Central and Local Bargaining – What are the differences?”
Local Contracts
- Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited (Arthur Nursing Home)
- Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited (Cambridge Country Manor)
- Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited (Fergus Nursing Home)
- Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Limited (Westmount Long-Term Care Residence)
- Columbia Forest Long Term Care
- Forest Heights Long Term Care Facility
- Groves Memorial Community Hospital
- Hilltop Manor
- Lanark Heights Long Term Care
- North Wellington Health Care Corporation
- The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (The Region of Waterloo Public Health)
- The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Sunnyside Home)
- Stirling Heights Long Term Care Centre
- Sunbeam Centre
- University of Guelph
- Waterloo Wellington HCCSS
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit
All regulated healthcare professionals (RHPA, 1991) have Standards of Practice that require them to report their concerns when they are unable to meet their accountabilities set out by their regulatory body. ONA has developed the Professional Responsibility and Workload (PRW) process to resolve professional practice and workload issues. Completing the Professional Responsibility Workload Report Form (PRWRF) fulfills the member’s obligations to their College.
Find forms specific to your sector, on the ONA Professional Practice website.
If you need assistance with the Workload Report Forms or have any questions regarding professional practice, please contact your Bargaining Unit President.
Welcome new ONA members!
Learn more about your Union and access important resources at the following links.
ONA Local 015 encourages the education of our members and their dependents.
Purpose
To provide some financial support for members and their dependents taking health or post-secondary education at accredited educational institutions.
Source of Funding
Bursary funding comes from the Local dues levy, is subject to annual review at the Budget Prep Executive Meeting and requires membership approval at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The amount and criteria for eligibility may vary from year to year.
Bursary
Funding of four (4) bursaries (a first-year undergrad dependent of a Local member; an undergrad dependent of a Local member; and two members), totaling $6,000 has been approved. The four (4) bursaries are $1,500 each. If no member applies, the Bursary Committee can recommend the 3rd or 4th bursary be awarded to another applicant who is a dependent of a member.
Applications are accepted between June 1 and August 15, 2023. The Local Executive will award the bursaries at the September Executive Meeting. Recipients will be notified by September 30, 2023, with payment of $1500 by November 15, 2023 after proof of registration and a TD1 form is submitted.
Criteria for Eligibility
Applicants must be:
- Bona fide members or dependents of a bona fide member of ONA Local 015.
- Registered in a post-secondary college or university program at an accredited educational institution. Dependants must be registered in full-time studies. Members must be registered in part-time or full-time studies and be a resident of Ontario.
- Willing to provide feedback on their studies to the Local Annual General Meeting (AGM) in February of the following year, by email, letter or in person.
- Answer one of the following questions with a 250-word paragraph:
- Who do you think will be most impacted by the potential privatization of the healthcare system, the patients or the healthcare providers?
- Are you for or against the privatization of healthcare and why?
Application Procedure
- Complete the Application Form and disclose any other expected financial assistance.
- Provide photocopy of current ONA membership card. For dependents, provide a copy of parent’s ONA membership card.
- Submit by scanning and emailing using the read receipt function to rowph-cobup@ona.org.
OR
- Send the application package by REGISTERED MAIL to:
Angela Clancy
rowph-cobup@ona.org
438 Sauve Cres.,
Waterloo ON
N2T 2Y8
Only successful applicants will be contacted by September 30, 2023. At that time, they will be requested to submit proof of registration and completed TD1 form by October 15, 2023.