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Media Advisory – Ontario Nurses’ Association President to Speak on Workplace Violence

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 30th 2008 under Healthcare violence   
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from CNW Group TORONTO – Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, will mark May Day 2008 by joining placard-waving front-line nurses and others calling for an end to workplace violence. Haslam-Stroud will speak about a series of violent incidents in Ontario health-care facilities that threaten the health and safety of front-line nurses. She [...]

Students take charge, practice self-defense

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 30th 2008 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Jeanetta Bradley, The Orion In the midst of school shootings and debates about carrying guns on campus, students are thinking about how to protect themselves. And they are finding ways to, from self-defense classes to carrying personal weapons. Sophomore Kendra Carson decided to buy a knife to protect herself, she said. She has owned [...]

Schools Take Steps To Curb Cyberstalking

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 30th 2008 under School/Campus Violence   
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from wesh.com Video: Cyberstalking Added To Code Of Conduct While bullying has always been a problem at schools, officials said there’s online bullying to worry about. Officials said students who harass or intimidate each other online during school hours at school will be penalized. The move comes after three DeLand Middle School students allegedly used [...]

Questioning Zero Tolerance on Guns

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 30th 2008 under Workplace violence   
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By Kristen B. Frasch, Human Resources Executive Online The recent firing of a Pizza Hut driver who shot an armed robber during a hold-up adds heat to an already stirring controversy over employers’ rights to ban weapons to keep workers safe versus employees’ rights to protect themselves. The driver, James William Spiers III, 38, was [...]

Bullied workers fighting back

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Wednesday, April 30th 2008 under Workplace bullying   
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Bronwyn Eyre, The StarPhoenix Picture a bully and you’ll probably picture the schoolyard variety — or those junior citizens of the year captured on cellphone footage “swarming” or “happy slapping” their prey. But what happens when schoolyard bullies grow up? Too many, it seems, become the “toxic bosses” and bullies of the workplace. Unfortunately, the [...]

Shots Fired! When Lightning Strikes: Guidance for Surviving an Active Shooter Situation

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 29th 2008 under Workplace violence, Workplace violence seminars   
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July 23, 2008 @ Noon Eastern U.S. ASIS International Online Webinar About the program: “Shots Fired!” is the last thing you expect to hear in the workplace or at school. Unfortunately, the possibility of this contemporary, violent event taking place in your community has become a reality that employees and students have to deal with. [...]

Opinion: Protecting one self shouldn’t raise danger

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 29th 2008 under School/Campus Violence   
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By Ryan Johnson, The Dakota Student School shootings have been media fodder for years, pretty much exploding in terms of national concern after the tragic incidents at Columbine. I remember that during my high school years, it was inevitable to watch 24-hour news networks go frantic over finding the solution to these high school tragedies. [...]

John Jay College to Launch Academy for Critical Incident Analysis With $175,000 Grant From Dart Foundation

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 29th 2008 under Workplace violence   
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Press Release from AScribe NEW YORK, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) — John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced a $175,000 grant from the Dart Foundation to launch the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis (ACIA). The mission of the Academy is to promote and disseminate scholarly research relating to the emergence, management and consequences of [...]

Firemen sacked after ‘making new recruit ballet dance’ go before employment tribunal

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 29th 2008 under Workplace bullying   
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from The Daily Mail Two firemen who were sacked after recording a spoof DVD interview in which they allegedly made a rookie colleague ballet dance are appearing before a tribunal today. Officers Lee Evans and Mark Smith – who have a combined service record of more than 30 years – were dismissed for ‘bullying and [...]

Risky work riles nurses: Day of Mourning honours job-related deaths

Posted by Ross Arrowsmith on Tuesday, April 29th 2008 under Healthcare violence   
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By Jason Miller, Sun Media Ontario’s registered nurses say they’re sick of putting their health and safety at risk. More than 100 registered nurses and other workers converged on City Hall yesterday to mark an annual Day of Mourning for those who have lost their lives on the job. Vicki McKenna, vice-president of the Ontario [...]

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