Sentences with phrase «addressing societal issues»

Our vision is to become global leaders in addressing societal issues related to animal welfare through innovative discovery, education and communication.

The U.K. government is keen to address societal issues such as obesity and carbon emissions by finding ways to change behavior without using regulation.

Extensive Federal requirements and guidance call for transportation planners to evaluate potential economic, community, and environmental impacts of transportation programs; examine past trends and future projections for travel demand for people, goods, and information; and address societal issues such as community values and goals.

The ASPCA's new top dog, Matthew Bershadker, steps into the job with a solid background in working to address societal issues as well as an impressive track record of leadership.

Of course, the rise of black - owned spaces has impact far beyond the market, and many prominent non-profit spaces, such as Rick Lowe's Houston - based Project Row Houses and artist Mark Bradford's Los Angeles - based Art + Practice, are positioned as «social sculpture,» an expanded concept of art coined by the German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys, who sought to use art to address societal issues.

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THE FIXERS How business moves forward — with or without the help of Washington — to address today's most critical societal issues Ideas That Change the World Track hosted by Salesforce Anne Finucane, Vice Chairman, Bank of America Helena Foulkes, Executive Vice President, CVS Health; President, CVS Pharmacy Jeanne Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, MSP Capital Moderator: Nina Easton, Fortune Introduction: Amy Weaver, President, Legal and General Counsel, Salesforce

I. Work with institutions of higher education, particularly communication and theology faculties, to encourage them to address societal communication issues in a systematic way.

While we expect players to comply with league rules and uniform guidelines, we also understand their desire to use their platform to address important societal issues.»

In the Q&A session, Professor Slaughter touched upon the importance of international organisations, as they can be better equipped to address certain societal issues than governments.

This fellowship is designed to provide an opportunity for an accomplished scientist to address global stewardship problems by applying his or her multidisciplinary background toward solutions to societal issues ranging from ecosystems and population to sustainable development and climate change.

To accompany the toolkit and provide high - level encouragement to federal agencies to use crowdsourcing approaches, Shanley worked with OSTP to help shape the White House memorandum «Addressing Societal and Scientific Challenges through Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing» issued by Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John Holdren.

The report outlines specific suggestions for researchers and research funders, United States regulators and policymakers, and international organizations, that could help advance this promising new scientific approach for combatting insect borne human disease and insect agricultural pests while ensuring environmental safety and societal issues are addressed.

JCVI, in collaboration with UC San Diego, recently completed a report on «Policy and Regulatory Issues for Gene Drives in Insects» outlining specific suggestions that could help advance this promising approach for combatting insect - borne human disease and insect agricultural pests, while ensuring that environmental safety and societal issues are addrIssues for Gene Drives in Insects» outlining specific suggestions that could help advance this promising approach for combatting insect - borne human disease and insect agricultural pests, while ensuring that environmental safety and societal issues are addrissues are addressed.

It is an excellent example of how multidisciplinary research collaborations can address important societal issues.»

While the field may lack these elements, there are other aspects of professionalism that are often overlooked, such as educators» abilities to address diverse learning styles and complex societal issues in multiple contexts.

School choice is also an important social endeavor that creates a space in which groups of individuals can collectively and freely apply their talents to address different aspects of a societal issue.

Critical pedagogy extends critical theory - the neo-Marxist examination of the relationship between power and culture, aimed at addressing issues of class, race, gender, and social justice through the remaking of societal institutions - to the realm of schools.

By moving through the frameworks for Meaningful Student Involvement, students and adults can work in partnership to address countless issues across the entirety of the education system, ranging from curricular areas to identity, the physical plant to the societal purpose of schooling.

If we want to improve public schools, we must address the educational issues in concert with the environmental and societal issues we face, never underestimating the importance of the quality of teachers.

SBHCs meet a critical need for students, and are considered to be a preventive approach to addressing the disproportionate barriers to academic success our students face; the byproduct of much larger societal issues rooted in racial inequity.

As part of the project requirements, preservice teachers designed their lesson to (a) delve deeply into an important scientific topic (lasting from one to five class periods), (b) help their students answer an important research question, and (c) address a pressing societal issue.

The NETS - S on understanding societal issues related to technology and the practice of legal, ethical behavior was not addressed by the reflections.

The all - new Forester is the first in its segment, and among the first vehicles in the industry to incorporate technology that can address the important societal issue of distracted driving.

A group of 25 diverse women artists were invited to create art about present conditions of DISILLUSIONMENT, whether personal, global, cultural, political or societal — addressing issues of deception, falseness, unfaithfulness, betrayal and treachery — with reference to wearing, inhabiting, being veiled, clothed, draped, revealed, exposed or wrapped in disillusion.

Kenton Parker's work addresses issues of self - improvement, beauty, and masculinity, expressing rebellion against societal pressures to be perfect or successful, while exploring the landscape as a metaphor for the body.

The group exhibition, Face Forward: Self - Image & Self - Worth, includes artists working across many platforms to address issues of identity, race, gender, status and societal values.

Mildred Howard and Judith Linhares are featured in Face Forward: Self - Image & Self - Worth, an exhibition that addresses issues of identity, race, gender, status, and societal values at the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, CA.

We're all going to have to figure out that the whole thing is interconnected before we can address the «issue» of global warming — which could be defined as symptom of all our other societal issues.

WCRP and GCOS assert that our ability to address critical climate issues, with profound societal implications, will be strongly limited unless observation of climate variables is given higher priority.

Law societies only have so much control and power over these labour markets, which is why many of the larger structural and experiential issues in legal practice may be properly addressed simply by applying existing societal standards to the legal industry as well.

As the public - interest regulator of the legal profession in this province, it is critical for the Society to have a robust, transparent discussion about the legal and societal issues addressed in the Federation's reports.

It seems like a sign that we are capable of taking proactive steps to address important societal matters and issues before they become too big to manage.

Our mission is simple, to create actionable information based around experiences of real single mothers to address the real societal issues that they face on a daily basis.