Sentences with phrase «inform citizens on»

«As all decisions should be based on facts, we think the government should continue to inform the citizens on the various aspects of nuclear power.»

BY CAITLIN FISH Senator David Carlucci hosted an identity theft forum at the New City Public Library on Wednesday Jan. 10 to answer questions and to inform citizens on ways to protect themselves from scams and identity fraud.

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Acting on this interest in expanded dialogue between Canadian millennials and our peers in Asia will provide us with the types of soft skills that will make us more effective learners in the classroom, better negotiators in the workplace, and more informed citizens.

It is only by changing religious and secular text which informs such notions for new citizens will this change and finally women will own God on equal terms.

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

Thus they may call to check on elderly people living alone, become part of a crisis team to refer people to professionals who can help them, or take part in a network that informs citizens of pending legislation.

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

The only time I ever hear politics mentioned from the pulpit is about this time every year when church members are reminded of our duty as citizens of the U.S. to vote and to become informed on the issues and candidates before choosing how they will vote.

On this view, legislation informed by religion or by traditional morality expresses a malicious desire by some citizens to apply power against other citizens.

We work and look for a global society with life quality, with informed happy citizens exercising their rights and duties, based on the principles of sustainable development and democracy; integrated; upholding values of solidarity, equity and justice; open to changes; respectful regarding traditional knowledge and cultural diversity; committed with the production and consumption of organic and biodiverse products.

Our citizens need to become informed about the significant health effects of food on our bodies and how it connects to our longevity.

Onetime presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, unveiled a self - titled podcast to help citizens «stay informed on the political revolution.»

The building blocks of the GDS» promised «government as a platform» approach have appeared: Verify, a federated identity system that doesn't rely on ID cards or centralised identity databases, Govpay, which makes it easier to make payments to the government, and Notify, which allows government agencies to keep citizens informed of progress on services.

«The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens that, due to credible reports of growing crime rates, U.S. Embassy personnel have been instructed to avoid the following precincts of Accra: Avenor Sowutuom Sukura Agbobloshie,» parts of a statement on the embassy's website said.

The U.S. Embassy informs U.S. citizens that on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Ghana will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections.

«On behalf of the Chairman and members of the JCC we wish to inform all Nananom, the entire citizens of our...

«On behalf of the Chairman and members of the JCC we wish to inform all Nananom, the entire citizens of our proposed Oti region of the call to eternal rest of our brother and friend Dr Kwaku Addeah.

They have perpetrated a huge scam on NY citizens — and a lazy, ill informed media has served as accomplice to this injustice!

It noted that decision was informed by INEC's desire to provide citizens with wider access to registration centres to enable them register in the on - going CVR exercise ahead of the 2019 general election.

France's Special Commission for the Public Debate on Nanotechnology is organizing a 4 - month discussion in 17 cities to inform the public about advances and dilemmas in nanotechnology and to give citizens a chance to express their opinion.

When we do have pollution events there's a higher likelihood that first responders and citizens will be better informed about what's going on and what sort of actual risk there might be in their community.

Members of the OAIE can share resources and engage in online discussions, and, in doing so, will enhance stakeholder interactions and build well - informed communities working to respond and adapt to ocean acidification.The OAIE invites anyone working on ocean acidification to join, including but not limited to government, tribal, and academic research scientists, citizen scientists, experiential and formal educators, NGO employees, marine resources managers, policy makers, concerned citizens, aquaculturists, people in the fishing industry, technology developers, and data managers.

More and more, Edward becomes informed on the questionable and intrusive tracking, legal manipulation, and data collection being secretly conducted by the U.S. government on not only foreign threats, but its own citizens without formal warrants, court orders, or proper search - and - seizure procedures.

It's their hope that if they arm students with hands - on learning opportunities, those students will become more active, informed citizens — prepared to vote, volunteer, and engage in civic life.

«By teaching D&T, we are ensuring that all children are not just passive bystanders in our increasingly technology - driven world, but are informed citizens who understand how design impacts on their quality of life and how technology can be used for the benefit of mankind.»

«The only way you make something like this work is to fully inform parents what their options are and how to exercise their options, and school superintendents aren't doing that,» says William L. Taylor, chairman of the Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, a liberal advocacy group.

The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political scientist than to the informed citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform big - city school systems.

Abstract: This joint paper was conducted by Issues without Borders (IWB) and Citizens Rights Watch (CRW), non-governmental organisations with aim to raise awareness on the ongoing European refugee crisis, inform the public about the «IWB Refugee Project», the value of volunteering and ask you to join us and contribute to our efforts towards bringing a positive change and improve the human quality of life.

Online, they are also invited to reflect on how they fit into the wider world and our unfolding human story — one important facet of becoming more informed, thoughtful, and engaged «global citizens.»

Opening in 2017, the school's focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) will empower students with the knowledge and skills to become informed citizens in an increasingly scientific and technological society.

The North Carolina Justice Center will host a Community Public Policy Forum in Elizabeth City on Saturday, aiming to both inform and mobilize citizens.

The Civic Mission of Schools (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement [CIRCLE], 2003) described goals for civic education as preparing competent and responsible citizens who are informed and thoughtful.

My blog and I are dedicated to investigating and reporting on the truth, so that citizens across the political spectrum have the information they need and deserve to make informed decisions.

We want them to be able to discern scientific fact from fiction (in a world of fake news) and make informed judgements about how we should behave as responsible citizens on a global stage.

«Every day, Facing History is helping students become informed, compassionate, upstanding global citizens,» said Mrs. Obama in a video address to Facing History and Ourselves in Chicago on April 12.

Today, we focus on informing the public and policymakers, studying priority issues, and engaging business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity from the earliest years through postsecondary education.

Even the most informed citizens sometimes lose track of all the chatter that's going on in the General Assembly.

The material in these two lessons reminds students of the importance of living in a democracy whose institutions safeguard civil and human rights and whose citizens are capable of making informed judgments, not only on behalf of themselves but on behalf of a larger community.

educational content, technology, and services company Cengage Learning, has partnered with political action group EveryLibrary on a media campaign to help keep citizens informed about the vital resource that is their library.

Gale, a division of one of the country's top educational content, technology, and services company Cengage Learning, has partnered with political action group EveryLibrary on a media campaign to help keep citizens informed about the vital resource that is their library.

Our grassroots approach is based on informing hundreds of thousands of people about the issues, and then empowering them to take direct action as citizens.

He became a United States citizen in 1943 and throughout the 1940s and 1950s, his work was informed by his travels abroad: to China with the US Army; Italy on his second Guggenheim fellowship; and Paris and Madrid, where he moved his family for a brief period during the late fifties.

Michael Mann and I largely agree on what needs to be done, and our primary differences relate to what we do in the role of «informed citizen» and what we do in the role of «scientist».

I am a climate change blog newbie, a citizen barely informed on this topic, hoping to make sense of it.

If a scientist speaking as an informed citizen leaves his or her research hat (and, in Dr. Hansen's case, NASA jacket) hanging on the wall while speaking as a citizen, is this possible?

Speaking uncomfortable truths to power is a noble act; particularly when one's own government would deprive its citizens of access to vital facts necessary to arrive at an informed opinion on government policy regarding issues that impact the environment on which all of us ultimately depend.

Informed citizens and civil society organizations around the world can guide next steps on geoengineering research governance.

The session, taking place on the 4th day of the conference, Thursday 10 September 2015, will cover: - Informing policy development to protect citizens from climate - related hazards such as high - impact weather events.

CLEAN builds on Climate Literacy Network's broad collection of educational resources and fosters a scientific - education community that helps facilitate students, teachers, and citizens becoming climate literate and informed about «the climate's influence on you and society and your influence on climate.»