Sentences with phrase «tackle social problems»

How have the government attempted to tackle social problems?

Raising the school leaving age to 18 would tackle social problems and improve skills, the education secretary Alan Johnson said today.

That test saw the newspaper receive more than 700 bitcoin donations over a 24 - hour trial period in support of the non-profit Taproot foundation, which offers pro-bono service work to organisations tackling social problems.

The report provides an update of advances made in tackling social problems since the department's blueprint for mending Britain's broken society was unveiled a year ago.

Joan Morris DiMicco of the MIT Media Lab is tackling this social problem with Second Messenger, a computer system that readily shows who is getting cut out of the conversation.

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Just how he'll go about tackling those problems wasn't spelled out precisely, with Zuckerberg suggesting he'll be «bringing groups of experts together to discuss and help work through» questions like whether the internet is becoming too centralized and whether the technology behind cryptocurrency could improve social media.

It's taking an entrepreneurial, let's - do - something approach to tackling a massive social problem.

For example, if founders have established a company to tackle problems related to DNA sequencing yet prior experience is in social media, a deeper look into the team's motivations and understanding of its target market would be warranted.

We have no shortage of entrepreneurs who are finding innovative ways to push social progress or tackle environmental problems while making profits, but there was a gap in the market for early - stage funding.

Healofy, with its tailored and habit - forming parenting social network, is tackling this problem.

Our support for Studio Y will help these youth foster social change, tackle complex problems and become leaders in their communities and in the province,» said The Hon. Teresa Piruzza, Minister of Children and Youth Services.

About MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance to catalyze new capital, talent and initiatives dedicated to tackling social and environmental problems in Canada.

About the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing works to increase the awareness and the effectiveness of social finance with the aim of driving new capital, talent, and initiatives dedicated to tackling social and environmental problems.

Singal, along with fellow social entrepreneur Cecilia Corral, co-founded the innovative nonprofit, CareMessage, to tackle patient access problems like these.

The lab is part of a global movement where several countries are using public and social innovation labs to tackle society's most intractable problems.

TMX Group will contribute funding, resources and leading capital markets expertise to the Centre, and will also work to strengthen programs initiated by the Centre to mobilize private capital to tackle social and environmental problems.

«The support and expertise of a global exchange leader will be invaluable as the Centre strives to harness the momentum of the impact investing agenda to tackle Canada's social and environmental problems in new and innovative ways.»

Opened in late 2011, the Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance, which directs new capital, talent and initiatives toward tackling Canada's most pressing social and environmental problems.

Conversations are frank, and real problems are tackled: poor RE in Catholic schools, grave worries about plans for sex education there, pressures on the young from social media, a longing for strong leadership on some of these issues from Bishops.

According to Chief Justice Rehnquist, Congress» 1981 decision to augment the role of religious and other organizations in tackling the social and economic problems caused by teenage pregnancy, sexuality, and parenthood reflected «the entirely appropriate aim of increasing broad - based community involvement...» He went on to say, with respect to religious organizations in particular:

Churches, community groups and others have joined together to successfully tackle a significant social problem - decent housing for all.

New legislation will be introduced to tackle some of the deepest social problems in society, and improve life chances.

Like the welfare reform bill before it, the Housing and Planning bill appears to be based more on ideology than on actually seeking to tackle the country's social and economic problems.

Mr Cameron has also announced that former party leader Iain Duncan Smith would be in charge of a new social justice policy group aimed at tackling problems in deprived and disadvantaged areas.

The Conservatives would also fund schemes to get graduates to serve in schools, police forces, prisons, and social care and mental health organisations — so they can use «their talents to tackle entrenched social problems», as detailed in their manifesto.

Home secretary Theresa May will work with Mr Duncan Smith to tackle the problem, building on the latter's work at the Centre for Social Justice.

If so, we can truly move beyond the social issues battleground and begin tackling the actual problems we face.

The President of the Archdiocesan Laity, Mr. Steve Olasupo in his welcome address while decrying various social vices and problems militating against various families across the world however recommended a more conscious and structured approach and formation, promotion and sustenance of family values and Basic Christian Community (BBC), in tackling the challenges confronting families across the globe.

I want us to work together in tackling our country's big and urgent problems - the debt crisis, our deep social problems and our broken political system.»

The Government are doing a number of things which will tackle the underlying causes of our social problems.

The team tackled this problem from an artificial intelligence perspective, creating an algorithm that takes into account both how the individuals in a subgroup are connected — their social ties — and their prior history of substance abuse.

In choosing my research area, I had been blinded by my enthusiasm to tackle a pressing social and environmental problem.

In its first year of existence, MCFA focused on setting up a network of contacts between Marie Curie Fellows across Europe, and on tackling host country - specific issues (such as taxation and social security problems and fellows» contracts with their host institutions).

To tackle this problem, Patricia Lopes and her colleagues used a novel combination of experimental manipulations of free - living mice, radio frequency tracking of animals, social network analysis and disease modelling.

To tackle complex problems like improving the compatibility of cattle and fish, the social and ecological systems of mountains and their river basins must be approached holistically, say ecologists working with the Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain communsocial and ecological systems of mountains and their river basins must be approached holistically, say ecologists working with the Mountain Social Ecological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain communSocial Ecological Observatory Network (MntSEON), a National Science Foundation funded initiative designed to build knowledge networks and foster resiliency in vulnerable mountain communities.

So while the job market for Swedish postdocs looks increasingly bright, this small, but in the long run perhaps significant, brain - drain is one of the problems Sweden's nascent government — which seems likely to be a coalition of the Social Democrat, Green, and Left parties — will have to tackle in the coming years.

Projects in this year's competition trended toward education and global health, although several teams tackled another pressing problem worldwide — traffic management — with applications for improving bus routes and a social networking tool for organizing car pools, says Jon Perera (pdf), Microsoft's general manager for education.

From hygiene to sensuality, performance to social, and beyond, topics aim to deliver a unique look into the overall culture of social dance, and tackle some of the problems that dancers may face.

«Dear White People» Season 2: A bunch of black scholars at a predominantly white college tackle problems with social justice on this comedy collection.

The EF Glocal Challenge, now in its second year, invites youth to tackle tough problems in their community by applying the strategies of social entrepreneurs.

His research explores the role of different forms of knowledge in tackling major social and political problems, particularly problems of human improvement.

Amy Lalla, director of Let Me Play, said: «The decision is entirely at odds with David Cameron's professed aim to increase social mobility and tackle entrenched social problems.

«To do that we want to understand the full scale of the problem and explore how everyone — including government, social media companies, technology firms, parents and others — can play their part in tackling it.»

Bill Drayton is the originator of the term «social entrepreneur,» someone who seeks to drive large - scale ideas to tackle entrenched social problems — in a word, changemakers.

Mehta's research explores the role of different forms of knowledge in tackling major social and political problems, particularly problems of human improvement.

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We rejected the social science approach to tackling complex and interconnected social problems that were rooted in poverty.

When I was elected to the Los Angeles School Board 11 years ago as an experienced educator and social worker, I immediately challenged the downtown school bureaucracy, fought for greater accountability and tackled the most difficult problems facing our schools.

Marc Brackett and Maurice Elias, two experts in social emotional learning, talk about how emotional literacy is woven into a standard curriculum, and how it can tackle problems like bullying and absenteeism.

Schools are tackling the problem of inequity and unconscious bias with a multi-tiered strategy that includes shifting disciplinary practices within a Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS) framework and building social and emotional competence for students and staff.