Sentences with phrase «as agents of change for»

Indigenous Climate Action is the only Indigenous climate justice organization in Canada and is working to prioritize Indigenous peoples and communities as agents of change for climate change solutions.

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Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

Comments received by the Department and media reports also indicate that many financial institutions already had completed or largely completed work to establish policies and procedures necessary to make the business structure and practice shifts required by the Impartial Conduct Standards earlier this year (e.g., drafting and implementing training for staff, drafting client correspondence and explanations of revised product and service offerings, negotiating changes to agreements with product manufacturers as part of their approach to compliance with the PTEs, changing employee and agent compensation structures, and designing conflict - free product offerings), and the Department believes that financial institutions may use this compliance infrastructure to ensure that they meet the Impartial Conduct Standards after taking the additional Start Printed Page 16910sixty days for an orderly transition between June 9, 2017, and January 1, 2018.

Following an initial (very) small grant from an NGO, the bank's operations are funded by a) interest from microcredit loans (up to 3.5 % monthly but also as low as 1 % depending on size of and purpose of loan) b) fees from the corresponding bank (i.e. Banco Palmas acts as local agent for regional bank to widen access to banking services), and c) commission for changing Palmas to Reais16.

For information on such matters as share transfers, dividend cheques and change of address, inquiries should be directed to the Transfer Agents.

Revolutionary feminists employ a variation of the Marxist use of history as an agent of change in the revolution; they assert that history is a means for transformation of the feminine self - image, so that women may increase their self - esteem and actualize themselves fully rather than be suppressed as during patriarchal history.

That is, the form is received in matter as it is in any physical change, but also the form is received without matter, that is, it is possessed in disassociation from the sentient's material constitution.3 In virtue of this second mode of reception, the sensible thing is something more than an agent; it becomes an object for an experiencing subject — though this is not, of course, how Aristotle expressed it.

It was clear that God's purpose for His children was for them to partner with Him as agents of the grace and change we long to see materialize in the world.

It is the belief of the owners that the best way to counter the losses incurred by the league is to propose changes to the current CBA that include: the institution of a hard salary cap with incentive - based salaries that also includes a salary floor, elimination of free - agent exceptions, raised age limits for players to enter the draft, revenue sharing among all NBA teams, and as a last resort, relocation or contraction of teams in the league.

As long as Haslam makes sure to hang on to his own productive players instead of signing an outside free agent who does stupid stuff like change his name because he gets a lot of fines for illegal hitAs long as Haslam makes sure to hang on to his own productive players instead of signing an outside free agent who does stupid stuff like change his name because he gets a lot of fines for illegal hitas Haslam makes sure to hang on to his own productive players instead of signing an outside free agent who does stupid stuff like change his name because he gets a lot of fines for illegal hits.

As for our transfers or lack of them, nothing changes apart from the two backroom appointments which seem superfluous to our current needs.We the fans will be the last to know and I have given up ever seeing Alexis again in an Arsenal shirt.The longer his agent plays the game the lack of time there will be for bringing in anyone who can fill his shooting boots.

Despite frequent claims from both him and his agent Wagner Ribeiro that everything is going swimmingly, it's become clear that Benfica have just as little time for Gabriel as Inter did last season, and there are few signs of anything changing in the near future - hence this week's rumours that he will be sent back to his parent club six months ahead of schedule.

He sought, from the day he was elected to the US Senate in November 2004 to the long presidential campaign of 2007 - 2008, to portray himself as a warm, outgoing individual who was an agent for change.

Changing global configurations of power also suggest that it is increasingly difficult to pin down agents, such as a particular state or a particular government within a state, that could be held responsible for the conditions within which people attempt to craft their lives or which people try to change by moving.

It's the byproduct of branding himself as a progressive change agent and watching as a presidential candidate who is the avatar of much of what he stands for, and hopes to achieve, surges onward.

A lifelong change agent and advocate for high quality education for all children, Dr. Cash comes to Buffalo, NY, with over 20 years of executive leadership experience in education, and successful outcomes for children as past superintendent in Memphis, Tennessee; and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

As the countdown begins for us to join people from across the globe to celebrate WED on 5 June 2016, we all need to take part in environmental action and become agents of change for positive impacts on the planet.

Most elements of this storm have indeed been observed in the past without any need for invoking global climate change as a causative agent.

The profiling methods used in this research to identify molecular changes may be a general approach for differentiating the molecular pathology of disease models resulting from agent - specific effects, such as the effects of the two neurotoxins used in this research.

She doesn't look obviously «plus size» to us, but in a world where size 2 is so regularly presented as the ideal, we'll take Lawley as the size - 12 agent of change that she is: her appearance in the issue marks a historic first for Sports Illustrated.

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These behavioral changes were associated with alterations in the GABA system of the brain in the probiotic group, matching the known effects of antidepressant or anxiolytic chemical agents (for example, anxiolytic agents such as benzodiazepines work at GABA receptors)[91].

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It's a third of the way into the film when Tully enters the picture and serves as the long - needed change agent for Marlo.

But like the film's Joker, for which Heath Ledger received a posthumous Best Supporting Actor statue, the rule change served more as an agent of chaos than a unifying alteration.

Children, youth and students have played an important role as agents of change, participating actively in discussions that affect their future, advocating for a transformation in their learning environments and bringing the messages of sustainability and global citizenship home to parents and communities.

The phrase «agents of change» took on whole new meaning for me as the Harvard research team focused on looking at students» learning specifically in these three areas:

We need to support the emergence of more alpha authorizers, those who are independent of the K — 12 system and have the courage and tenacity to serve as change agents, market makers, and forces for quality, while reliably performing the core functions of authorizing mentioned above.

My degree in instructional technology definitely prepared me for the role as an agent of change; experience taught me it would be a slow and delicate process.

Known in education circles and beyond as an aggressive agent of change, Barr has been in talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about how to boost failing schools and whether Green Dot's methods can serve as a blueprint for fixing schools across the country.

As for turning students into positive agents of environmental change, Mr. Kawamoto explained: «There are many examples of this program being inherited from brothers and sisters, or from teachers.

In order for that to change, learning has to establish itself as an agent of organizational change.

Cynthia G. Brown, et al, «State Education Agencies as Agents of Change,» American Enterprise Institute and the Center for American Progress, July 2011, available at http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/StateEducationAgenciesasAgentsofChange.pdf (accessed April 5, 2018).

A panel of experts in higher education selected Martiniello's HGSE dissertation, «Linguistic Complexity and Differential Item Functioning (DIF) for English Language Learners (ELL) in Math Word Problems» for its contributions and efforts as an agent of change in improving education.

Liz is a well seasoned agent for change having worked as the chief of staff for former powerhouse New Jersey state senator Bill Gormley.

For far too long, teachers have been treated as subjects of change rather than as agents of change.

Prior to BAEO, Offiong served as an Analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for their work.

RISE Colorado's mission is to educate, engage, and empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

RISE Colorado works to Educate, Engage, and Empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.

Dr. Rivers Murphy has served as a transformational change agent in education for over two decades in some of the highest needs and neighborhood districts.

This edition of Theory into Practice offers a comprehensive examination of all aspects of meaningful student involvement, particularly exploring specific roles for students as agents of school change.

Mirror next gen learning for students, position educators as agents of change, and enable educators to direct their learning.

Meeting once a month, SLYCE includes a curriculum of leadership learning lessons and resources that build students» capacity as change agents and prepares them for involvement in their communities.

We are excited to be a part of an initiative that recognizes teachers as the agents for change.

«For far too long, teachers have been treated as subjects of change, not agents of change,» said Sydney Morris, E4E co-founder and co-CEO.

Jaumont's role in educating all parents to understand the benefits of bilingual education, as well as in supporting parents of all backgrounds in organizing themselves, has been without equal, for from the beginning he knew that only parents and communities could be change agents.

He was recognized as one of Time magazine's «11 Educational Activists for 2011» and one of the NewSchools Venture Fund Change Agents of the Year for 2012.

RISE Colorado is a multi-racial, multi-lingual non-profit that works to educate, engage, and empower low - income families and families of color to RISE as change agents for educational equity in our public school system.