At The Institute, we launched our Service with Respect campaign back in 2020 to shine a light on the issue of abuse against customer service staff. The campaign has been extremely successful, gaining support across stakeholder groups and raising awareness and action. Now the campaign is entering a critical new phase. That’s because as part… The post Service with Respect: making abuse a standalone offence against all public-facing staff appeared first on Institute of Customer Service.| Institute of Customer Service
Dr Jonathan Engler revisits an open letter he wrote in 2021 to the leaders of the four nations. Looking back from 4 years later, there is much to add. But though many of the orignial signatories will share his increasing scepticism, the recipients of all our letters are still as entrenched as ever! The post Revisiting my August 2021 letter to Government about the “Handling of The Covid Pandemic” appeared first on HART.| HART
An open letter from 140 health professionals to the leaders of the 4 nations, regarding the catastrophic management of the covid pandemic. The post Our grave concerns about the handling of the COVID pandemic by Governments of the Nations of the UK, 21-08-2021 appeared first on HART.| HART
From the ME/CFS Patient, Advocate, Clinical and Research Community Dear Dr. Unger, On the occasion of your retirement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we – patients, caregivers, […] The post A Thank You to Dr. Beth Unger from the ME/CFS Community appeared first on Solve ME/CFS Initiative.| Solve ME/CFS Initiative
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Petition to the President of the European Commission – We delivered a petition to the President of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen| OII Europe
Safeguarding civil society in Europe - joint letter to the European Commission ...to urging the EU to take action to protect civil society| OII Europe
The Australian Doctors Federation urges health professional bodies to reconsider the “gender affirmative treatment” model for youth, citing evidence from reviews like the UK Cass Review…| Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
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The post Open Letter to the leaders in the Senate of Canada Regarding Bill C5 appeared first on Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada.| Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
In a week where a midwife in Northern Ireland has been struck off by the NMC and where another high profile covid 'dissident' doctor is up before the GMC, we share the letter we sent a few days ago. This pattern of medical censorship is still repeating across the world, from Canada to Australia and is forcing good people out of the health service and is detrimental to patient safety.| HART
On May 15, 2025 Canadian School Libraries sent an open letter to the New Brunswick Ministry of Education to address our concern with the cutbacks to library staff in Anglophone ...| Canadian School Libraries
On Wednesday, May 7, Canadian School Libraries sent an open letter to the BC Minister of Education, the Honorable Lisa Beare, regarding the state of education funding in the province and the impact it is having on library learning commons across the province. Since this letter was sent Kamloops-Thompson (School District 73) has also cut back library assistant jobs. As stated in the letter, while there is record funding in BC for education, there is also record costs and these two numbers are ...| Canadian School Libraries
Following Ursula von der Leyen’s recent endorsement of offshore detention centres, and other EU leaders announcing various rollbacks on asylum and refugee rights, migrant-led organisations write to EU institutions to demand alternatives to the EU’s deadly border regime.| International Women* Space
Over 300 Georgetown University community members signed an open letter criticizing the university’s change in staff benefits policies that will leave administrative employees with limited paid time off (PTO). The changes, which the university announced May 7, will transition staff PTO from an accrual model, which allowed staff to retain accumulated time off from prior...| The Hoya
CAN-SG has urged UK medical schools to reassess support for the GLADD charter, which endorses six commitments against LGBTQ+ conversion practices. Concerns focus on the potential criminalization of…| Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
Embracing science will allow all of us to lead happier and more productive lives, writes Vance Opperman.| Twin Cities Business
The Guardian is seeking perspectives on moving across social media.| stefanbohacek.com
An open letter signed by the creative fediverse community.| stefanbohacek.com
How can it be that women, who enjoy an increasing voting majority, cannot become the commander in chief of the United States?| Twin Cities Business
Here’s a piece I wrote that was rejected by humor website McSweeney’s, but almost immediately accepted by the editors of HalConick.blog. Dear Back Hair – From the moment I saw you, I&#…| The Writings of Hal Conick
Over 600 writers and poets [3/10/2024 Update: this number now stands at over 1300]—including Roxane Gay, Alissa Nutting, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kiese Laymon, Saeed Jones, Fady Joudah, Carmen Maria M…| Literary Hub
The academic health task force's recommendations are a road map for improving the delivery of medical care by the University of Minnesota.| Twin Cities Business
Efforts at dictating ideology or religion to other people have grown in frequency. But book bans are absurd in the age of the internet.| Twin Cities Business
So the “Future of Life Institute” just published an open letter arguing for the “AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4“. That letter has (at the point of me writing this) 1123 signatures, some of them by very respected and knowledgable people. Which […]| Smashing Frames