Sentences with phrase «major focus of this work»

A woman of Métis heritage, she never lost sight of how the care system uniquely impacts First Nations, Aboriginal and Métis children and youth, and made their needs and the needs of Aboriginal families and communities a major focus of her work.

A major focus of this work is civic engagement to foster an environment of respectful discussion, advocacy and informed decision - making.

This idea has been the major focus of the work in the laboratory of Dr. Ehud Cohen of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, at the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Canada in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine.

A major focus of this work is to explore the propagation of uncertainty from external drivers to actual impacts of climate change on time - scales of up to 30 years.

Consistent with the interests of the Abundance Foundation, a major focus of our work is serving students of color in under - resourced public schools.

In 1969, she worked on large multi-part, figurative clay sculptures, drawings and monoprints, which remained the major focus of her work throughout the 1970s and «80s.

From this, Elsie got the idea of creating watercolor collages, which became a major focus of her work.

And I know that the fluxes of heat into the Arctic are a major focus of the work of Dr. Maslowski in regional - scale modeling.

Cycle De-escalation is the first major focus of the work.

A major focus of his work has been on evaluation of parent training for families at risk for compromised parenting including divorced and remarried families, families in supportive housing, biological and foster parents in the child welfare system, and deployed and post-deployed military families.

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SevenRooms will also focus on partnerships and integrations that allow for various hospitality tools to work together and share data, and it plans to make major announcements in that area in the first quarter of 2018.

A spokeswoman for the GOP's convention organisation told Politico: «We are working with a variety of major tech partners who are focused on being part of the American political process.»

NEO, a low - profile funding intermediary, moves over $ 40 million a year and works with a who's who of major foundations, managing projects that often focus on social justice and civic participation.

The principle behind Pure Barre's proprietary technique is to use precise, focused movements to work each major muscle group — including arms, thighs, seat and abdominals — to the point of fatigue, and then stretch the muscles back out to create a strong, lean and toned physique.

These will focus on the topics of «collaboration» (sponsored by Kier); «bringing in new skills and talent» (sponsored by Colas); «changes to our networks» featuring Transport for the North's major roads director Peter Molyneux (sponsored by WSP); and «innovation — changing the way we work» (sponsored by Yotta).

The two interim United States attorneys who will assume office in New York City today will inherit major cases and pending decisions that seem likely to define the focus of their work over the next few years and could begin to shape their legacies.

The 2013 - 2014 Executive Budget also includes proposals on two economic policy issues which have been a major focus of FPI's work over the years: restoring the purchasing power of the minimum wage and modernizing the Unemployment Insurance system.

He made it clear that CDC's vaccine scientists and practices will be a major focus of the commission's work.

Between his Ph.D. and his postdoc in Lund, Sweden, he worked as a staff scientist at Novozymes, and says his work there became a major focus of his basic research at Aarhus University.

As hospitals and health systems increasingly focus on addressing the rising cost of health care in the United States, and with the expense of surgical care playing a major role, physician researchers and others across the healthcare industry are working to identify innovative ways to reduce surgical costs.

The subjects of this presentation are Working Groups, which are assemblages of 10 - 14 researchers who focus on major well - defined scientific questions at the interface between biology and mathematics.

Much of my work focuses on communication about the cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment decision - making, and the transition to palliative care, where communication can have a major impact on the care that unfolds at the end of life.

We also have a major new educational initiative underway, First Two, which works to increase retention of STEM students in their first two years of college, with a particular focus on first generation college students.

In my own lab here at Indiana University School of Medicine, I am bringing some of those chemical biology techniques to bear on problems in eye disease and we continue to work on tumors of the eye, but we also developed a major focus on neovascular eye diseases, including wet, age - related macular degeneration (AMD).

My overall interest is in optical imaging, I did my PhD work in the laboratory of James Fujimoto where Optical Coherent Tomography was developed and I focused specifically on retinal imaging and I was fortunate enough to be involved in some of the major advances in imaging speed in Optical Coherent Tomography or OCT as it's more commonly known.

For example, if you only had 30 minutes for weight training, you'd need to focus on just a few compound exercises like squats, pullups and bench presses to work all of your major muscles in such a limited time.

You'll be focusing on the major muscles with this workout, so don't expect a lot of accessory work or machines.

-LSB-...] strength trainees, putting «a lot» of focus on progressive overload is usually a good idea (especially in the major lifts), but including some random «pump» work, unplanned exercise -LSB-...]

In my opinion, the beginner can make the most out of their newbie gains in the middle ground, focussing on the major lifts and working with reps of five.

Levi's Creative Director Len Peltier has worked to broaden their product line this spring with a major focus on vintage printed tees, neon accessories, and a variety of sweaters and jackets in silhouettes that work perfectly with their range of denim cuts.

I majored in marketing at the University of Georgia and, in an attempt to narrow my focus and get experience in the hospitality industry, I worked as a recreation intern at a beach resort my last summer in school.

Most importantly, the AnastasiaDate.com staff works diligently to put members» safety above anything else — a major focus of the company for years to come.

Overall and while we focus on the positive aspects of the game we can see some really encouraging premises built up for a forthcoming major RE title, even though there is some evident lack of identity and some design choices that don't do justice to the rest of the work that's been put to the game.

Margot Robbie has not had a ton to work with in her two biggest roles previous to this one (The Wolf of Wall Street and Focus from earlier this year), but she does well with her first major lead.

David listened, questioned, and guided Jose to focus on others» needs, even those of Robert as he worked through his major life change.

There are three major challenges for education today: 1) To become lifelong, beginning in the first year of life and extending to old age; 2) To go beyond curricula (subject matter) in the usual sense and to focus sharply on character (the kinds of human beings we want to nurture); 3) To prepare for a world where the landscape of work is likely to be totally different and changing constantly.

While there is more emphasis on academics at all grade levels today and evidence that the middle school burden can be overcome (Williams and colleagues showed in a major 2010 study, called «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better,» that an intense focus on academics can work), it is odd that Walcott would favor reforming middle schools instead of doing what the research suggests is better and easier — creating smaller, «elemiddle» (K — 8) schools — and what the trends are showing is happening all over the country — as David Hough, managing editor of the Middle Grades Research Journal, told me, «the trend is definitely away from stand - alone middle schools.»

Over the course of his 25 - year career, Mattox has: * written numerous articles for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and other major publications; * spoken at educational conferences in Geneva, Prague, Rome, and Vatican City; * led writing workshops at Duke, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia, and other major universities; * served as a speechwriter for several Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.; * directed a documentary film and a number of other media projects, including a public service ad campaign that ran in Rolling Stone; and * spearheaded a number of quantitative and qualitative research projects, working closely with polling firms, focus group organizers, and «think tank» scholars.

Annetta and his team are working with colleagues at Harvard University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and other major universities to create educationally focused games.

CZI funding will enables major projects in all three of our focus areas: Movement Building, Field Work and Research.

That's why it's a major focus of our education efforts, and why we're looking forward to working with companies like BYJU's to get these tools into the hands of more students and teachers around the world,» he added.

During his first year with the district, he and the Board of Education worked together to develop the District Strategic Plan, which focuses the district on three major areas: Curriculum and Programs; Environment and Culture; and Partnerships.

As one of the major Wallace - funded studies reports, central offices need to be transformed so that the work of teaching and learning improvement can proceed.44 That is to say central offices need to «re-culture» themselves so they focus less on administration and more on supporting principals to improve instruction.

de la Peña says a major focus of her coursework at UIC centered on getting teachers out of their own «bubble» and working to create connections from classroom to classroom, grade to grade.

The remaining lessons focus on supporting or additional clusters, often in the service of the major work.

We focus deeply on the major work of each grade so that students can gain strong foundations: solid conceptual understanding, a high degree of procedural skill and fluency, and the ability to apply the math they know to solve problems inside and outside the math classroom.

At a single grade level, educators can improve focus by tightly linking all topics to the major work of the grade.

A major focus of the program is learning to write curriculum that complies with C.O.R.E. and state standards so that teaching artists can communicate their work in a language that is familiar for teachers and education administrators.

Instead, focus on your biggest accomplishments including the number of years of work history you have in the field related to your book, major media outlets where you have been featured, awards you've won, and anything else that demonstrates your authority in your field.

The major issue that is associated with the report writing work to students is that it consumes a lot of time and students fail to give focus on other work given by the teachers.