Sentences with phrase «at engaging the public»

While during the past proxy season only some of the issuers were required to apply Instruction 561, the CVM is now aiming at engaging all public companies to follow suit.

Scientists are usually not great at engaging the public in their work.

Curated by Dr Ziba Ardalan, Founder / Director of Parasol unit, the exhibition is accompanied by a tailored programme of educational events aimed at engaging the public.

All of our activities are aimed at engaging the public in education.

This report explains findings from research that investigated whether the concept of «school readiness,» a frame widely promoted by advocates and experts, can be effective at engaging public interest and action on a variety of children's issues.

In May, as budget discussions at the State level advanced, CARW launched a billboard campaign aimed at engaging the public through message points about jobs creation, ancillary investment, State revenue, and more.

Not exact matches

«The more engaged employees are, the more productive and effective they are,» John Palguta, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, told GovernmentExecutive.com.

«Social robots, if they're engaged in a public sense — even in a limited public sense — the design has to include considerations for social interactions,» said David Harris Smith, associate professor at McMaster University's Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia in Canada.

I applaud McDonald's for at least making some attempts to get families to engage more in public, to put the phones down.

I also made clear that while I won't be participating in the Forum, BlackRock will continue to engage on issues of public policy with governments at all levels and around the world.

Since its inception in 1887, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has been recognized as Pacific Canada's leading business association, engaging members to positively impact public policy at all levels of government and to succeed and prosper in the global economy.

Since its inception in 1887, The Vancouver Board of Trade has been recognized as Pacific Canada's leading business association, engaging members to positively impact public policy at all three levels of government and to succeed and prosper in the global economy.

In her prior role as the Director of Shareholder Activities at the Foundation, Laura successfully engaged public corporations on topics ranging from climate change to corporate governance.

Mr. Avenatti responded late Friday that the president was engaging in «bullying tactics» aimed at moving the case «behind closed doors, outside of public view and scrutiny.»

Since its inception in 1887, The Vancouver Board of Trade has been recognized as Pacific Canada's leading business association, engaging members to positively impact public policy at all levels of government and to succeed and prosper in the global economy.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) Crypto unlawfully engaged in a scheme to promote and manipulate the Company's stock; and (ii) as a result, Crypto's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Finally, for some time the Finance Department has been engaged in a strategy of locking into long - term debt at historical low interest rates, thereby minimizing the impact of higher interest rates on public debt charges.

Few Muslim groups engage Hollywood as much as the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which has built relationships with studio executives at all four major networks, and consulted on shows from «Seventh Heaven» to «Bones.»

For instance, in a colorful case involving a city ordinance restricting the practice of animal sacrifice, the Court severely criticized officials for acting out of animosity towards the Santeria religion, which engages in the ritualistic slaughter of pigeons, goats, and turtles (among other animals) and at least sometimes leaves the carcasses along roadsides and in other public places.

At the time, the whole pharmaceutical industry was engaged in a lobbying and public relations effort to restore opioids to the average middle - class family's pharmacopeia, where they had not been found since before World War I.

It has indeed caused «severe embarrassment» to the nation, as he laments, for the Senate investigation has laid before the public the elements of a terrible irony: that acts which are illegal and unethical for citizens to engage in at home are condoned, even aggressively pursued, by American law - enforcement officers and secret agents both at home and abroad.

In the public square and at the ballot box, we must be more engaged, not less.

Faculty at these institutions «fear engaging students» religious identities in class, being unsure about the right to express faith or spirituality in public settings.»

To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties if: (a) required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order; (b) we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; or (c) we believe that you have abused the Sites or the Applications by using them to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws.

KKR, which made an initial confidential approach to Treasury on April 16 at $ 4.70 per share which only became public several weeks later, has increased its offer to $ 5.20 per share which the Treasury board deemed high enough to start engaging in talks with KKR.

I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

Educating and engaging the public to learn more about wildlife through citizen science is also a hallmark of conservation at Mass Audubon.

At its 100 wildlife sanctuaries, Mass Audubon invites members and the general public to engage the natural world in countless ways, including classes in nature - based education, guided field trips, and other opportunities to enjoy the outdoors in every season.

The spring - cleaning tradition invites Mass Audubon members and the general public to spend the morning of the 28th at specific sanctuaries and engage in a little «sweat equity,» designed to help people connect with nature in multiple ways.

And we need to stop engaging in a narrative that blames voters for Tory failures in managing our economy and for ideological budget cuts that have stretched our public services to breaking point.The left are good at diagnosing problems, but too often we shy away from pitching solutions.

Mark Glover of Bellenden Public Affairs says his company always follows at least the minimum standards outlined within APPC and CIPR codes of conduct of how to engage with any politician.

Making the disclosure through a statement yesterday, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole said intelligence at the disposal of the Force leadership indicated that some aggrieved factional leaders and members of the party had perfected plans to engage thugs from across the country to join them in threatening public peace and security in Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole said intelligence at the disposal of the Force leadership indicated that some aggrieved factional leaders and members of the party had perfected plans to engage thugs from across the country to join them in threatening public peace and security in public peace and security in Abuja.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

In general, democracies may not be the harbingers of progressive public spending, at least at first (war ironically appears a better predictor of increased taxes and spending), but they engage far less in arbitrary expropriation than do autocracies.

At an appearance at a public housing project in Brooklyn last week, Nixon slammed Cuomo and de Blasio for engaging in a years - long «pissing contest» that allowed dire public housing conditions to deteriorate furtheAt an appearance at a public housing project in Brooklyn last week, Nixon slammed Cuomo and de Blasio for engaging in a years - long «pissing contest» that allowed dire public housing conditions to deteriorate furtheat a public housing project in Brooklyn last week, Nixon slammed Cuomo and de Blasio for engaging in a years - long «pissing contest» that allowed dire public housing conditions to deteriorate further.

David Barclay is the Faith in Public Life Officer at the Contextual Theology Centre, a charity that helps churches to engage with their communities.

Under your leadership, Labour has no hope of winning power because you simply don't engage with the typical person on the street and you don't inspire belief among the public at large.

«At the direction of the Executive Chamber, the Division of the Budget engaged Deloitte LLP to benchmark New York's IT operations against public and private sector best practices.»

The two men, engaged in a long - running public battle that has even affected public policy, both spoke about achieving a higher minimum wage, and then shook hands and hugged at the end of the one - mile trot from 145th Street to 125th Street.

«The Bank of Ghana wishes to inform the general public that MMM Ghana is NOT LICENSED by the Bank of Ghana to engage in any form of deposit - taking activity, hence anyone who does business with MMM Ghana does so at his or her own risk,» BoG warned further.

Firstly, it means engaging in the public policy debate at the intellectual level.

Sadly, the prospect of resuscitating the public sphere does not seem likely at a time when, rather than engaging in critical debate, the majority of 99 % is engaged in a daily battle for economic survival.

At the same time, his administration was engaged in a series of public fights with one of those union leaders, Pat Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

«I think television debates will help engage the public, help actually answer some of the questions at the heart of the election, would help bring the election alive in some way.

If anything, the public like negative campaigning — or, at least, it actively engages people in the political process.

The Scottish Government must resist the temptation to engage in such a back and forth debate — which has hampered previous attempts at reform — and instead focus on creating legislation that results in an enduring system of business taxation commanding widespread public support which is convenient, efficient and easy to administer.

A statement on Saturday, from Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public Relations said the troops engaged the terrorists and smoked them out of their hideouts at Jango, Nduma, Gobara, Bala Ibrahim, Fulani Rogo and Takwala villages and environs in Gwoza Local Government Area.

At planning workshops over the last six months, we engaged over 1,000 residents and stakeholders in lively conversations focused on three major challenges: A pressing need for affordable housing, limited public access to the waterfront, and a shortage of economic opportunities.

Police Public Relation Officer, Mr William Aya who confirmed the incident, said gunmen numbering about 15 engaged police guard on duty at a construction site along the Obajana - Oshokoshoko road in a gun battle.