Sentences with phrase «for good citizenship»

Joanne is registered with ADTB and currently working towards being a registered trainer for Good Citizenship with the UK Kennel Club.

Earning recognition for good citizenship can be a first step in dog training and can lay a foundation for other events like agility, therapy, or tracking.

The absence of high - performing public schools, and the lack of emphasis on American civics or expectations for good citizenship, will hurt our nation's youth and will certainly handicap our Hispanic immigrant students and their families most by impeding the assimilation process.

The skill set for good citizenship, and the curriculum to lead youth in those positive directions does not, of course, align with what we are teaching in schools.

Their campaign influenced legislation to ban combat knives and led to the creation of an award scheme for good citizenship among the young.

Not exact matches

The Boy Scout handbook was important, but once you got past the good citizenship and personal betterment stuff, the outdoorsy aspect of scouting was what made for real fun — and the true challenge.

The New York — based Institute surveys more than 5,000 Canadians on for their opinions on well - known brand names, including companies» corporate citizenship, product quality, workplace culture and more.

According to «Bonds of Citizenship: Law and the Labors of Emancipation» by Hoang Gia Phan, Franklin wrote that he «lik'd [the printer's profession] much better than that of [his] Father, but still had a Hankering for the sea.»

The UK has removed British citizenship from some dual nationals known to be Isis members using powers for the «public good».

The firm specializes «in residence and citizenship planning,» for «wealthy individuals and families, as well as their advisors worldwide.»

Not surprisingly, the highest - ranked brands on our Canadian list fared well in these two categories — Canadian Tire, for instance, earned high marks for citizenship, likely because of community - focused initiatives like Jumpstart, its charitable - giving program.

The Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship is presented to an enterprise that demonstrates, both in policy and practice, the highest standards of stewardship towards the long - term well - being of customers, employees, owners, partners, the environment and the broader community.

The 2015 Rix Award for Engaged Community Citizenship will be presented to Carole Taylor, a community leader who is well - known for her years of service in municipal and provincial politics (including her role as B.C.'s Minister of Finance), her 20 - year career as a journalist with CTV and CBC, and, most recently, her role as Chancellor of Simon Fraser University until June 2014.

The Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship is presented to an enterprise that demonstrates, both in policy and practice, the highest standards of stewardship towards the long - term well - being of customers, employees, owners, business partners, the environment and the broader community.

As far as which is the absolute «best» citizenship by investment option, that will depend on a number of subjective factors: one's budget, how you value the specific investment deal offered by the second citizenship country (donation versus the potential for an investment return) and comfort in the country.

Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

A former executive director for Credit Suisse joins Arton Capital in Singapore to better serve the spike in demand for residency and citizenship advisory services, as finews.asia can reveal.

Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

IRC provides legal support not only for refugees and immigrants achieving citizenship but also for reuniting their families as well.

I differ also from the various middle positions, which hold that there are some good things in this culture (like greater freedom for the individual), but that these come at the expense of certain dangers (like a weakening of the sense of citizenship), so that one's best policy is to find the ideal point of trade - off between advantages and costs.

These it takes as the conditions for nurturing «qualities of mind and character» (ICC 25) that have enabled and should again serve to enable «generations of men and women to grasp a vision of the good life, a life of responsible citizenship and human decency» (ICC 6).

Whereas The Broken Covenant was the voice of a prophet crying in the wilderness, alternately denouncing and lamenting for his people, Habits and its successor volume The Good Society, written by the same five authors and to be published in 1991, speak as one group of citizens to our fellow citizens, criticizing some things but also encouraging, offering examples of effective citizenship and church membership, and looking forward, if not with optimism, at least with hope.

I would have voted for Osama Bin Laden for president if he had renounced Islam, apologized, and said that the world would be a better place without religion (provided of course that he could meet necessary citizenship requirements... oh, and if he weren't dead).

Some are primarily committed to good citizenship, and regard the church as one valuable contributor to the community for which they care.

The justification of the good has been replaced by the justification of the wicked; the idealization of good citizenship has given way to the idealization of its opposite, of disorder, chaos, anarchy and catastrophe; the forgiving love of Jesus for the sinful woman, for the adulteress and for the publican, has been misrepresented, for psychological or political reasons, in order to make of it a Christian sanctioning of anti-social «marginal existences,» prostitutes and traitors to their country.

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Men and women nurtured in Protestant churches during the flowering of the American Dream long for a return to a time when all Americans seemed to share their vision of good citizenship and family life.

Gary, I AM for immigration reform that puts current illegal immigrants on the path to citizenship so that they can earn a better living, pay taxes, and contribute to society.

Go you for making best use of your dual citizenship and celebrating Thanksgiving whichever way suits you best!

Uflex philosophy is based on our strong determination for growth, perpetual innovation and good corporate citizenship.

The anti-Taylor faction felt that the bylaws are wrong, that football, like baseball, should have a good - citizenship requirement for Hall candidates.

Character Education: ICLS 105/5 27 - 12 (2005) requires teachers to teach students «respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to raise pupils» honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage» to lessen crimes and raise the standard of good character.

Competitive team sports provide opportunities for learning good sportsmanship, athletic skills, and citizenship.

If some kids are going to be left out of the treat because of some dietary issue, the teacher should role model good citizenship and respect for others and celebrate in a different way.

Volunteering teaches your child citizenship skills, as well as empathy for others and a sense of community.

Maybe a fun school project would be to make / offere different colored or designed tags that the children could «earn» for good behavior or citizenship.

«This hackathon is a great way to highlight the best new thinking around digital citizenship and we are excited to host some of the winners on «A Platform for Good»,» said Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute.

Speaking on education in the West, the Governor noted that the downward trend in education should be worrisome due to the role of education in development and bringing enlightenment to the human mind, platform for leadership recruitment and the means for character building and good citizenship.

This localisation (or, urbanisation) of citizenship may be expected to correlate more closely with the increasingly more place - specific nature of civil society in urban areas, offering better scope for «getting involved» in governance than at the more distant, «homogenised» notion of national level.

Evidence for this claim is mixed, but it is perhaps important to keep asking the question: How far do workplace structures contribute — positively or negatively — to attitudes and capacities that are good for democratic citizenship more widely?

But he lay's down good arguments of the needs for the state to implement a shorter working week and other labour rights in order to democratize the state and make citizenship possible for everyone.

Moreover, residence on Scottish territory, even without being born in Scotland or of Scottish ancestry, can be a qualification for citizenship as well.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Instead, I suggest we theorize internet - assisted activism as a process for the coproduction of citizenship and recognize how dependent even well - funded political organizations are on the wider built communications environment and today's relatively open internet.

For Fitzpatrick and Gellately (1996: 766) the «problem of denunciation» rests upon «big philosophical questions of loyalty and citizenship»; of duties towards to state and responsibilities of the «good citizen» (ibid.

And Melanie Onn, MP for Grimsby and shadow deputy leader of the House, proposes a new form of citizenship lessons in schools to better educate children about the importance of politics:

This laid the groundwork for the transformation of the German economy that makes it a world leader today including strong environmental regulation, phasing out of nuclear power in favour of renewables and a focus on energy - efficient production, as well as long overdue social reforms in the areas of citizenship and civil rights.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

They seek to normalize the idea that formal citizenship doesn't really matter — and that insisting on it as a prerequisite for voting is at best discriminatory, and most likely racist.

Highlighted proposals included: a new, soccer and hockey stadium at Willets Point; mandating public review through ULURP for hotel permits in NYC to help ensure community input and better monitoring of growth; a borough - wide plan for bike lanes; the re-opening of the displaced Queens Field Office of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); building space in public parks specifically designed for seniors to stay active.