“Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal.” NeedsBelieveLongGovernmentGoalAchieveAwarenessInformationObjectivesRangeSetting GoalsGood Goal Author:John Poindexter
“Cyberbullying is an issue that affects all of us and demands that Canadians work together to put an end to it. This national public awareness campaign is an important step in protecting our children online. Along with our government’s introduction of Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, we are taking clear action to tackle cyberbullying.” ChildrenImportantEndsGovernmentActionTogetherStepsIssuesClearAwarenessCrimeDemandOur ChildrenBillsCampaignsOnlineWorking TogetherIntroduction Author:Peter MacKay
“I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators to offer simplistic explanations and to be resistant to expressions of attitudes that can be viewed as unpatriotic, which is further interpreted as applicable to any tendency to challenge the government when it claims to be acting overseas to avoid repetitions of 9/11 or to encroach on domestic freedom to identify suspicious persons and behaviors.” ThinkingPersonsGovernmentChallengesActingAttitudeTeacherAwarenessExpressionOffersBehaviorAnxietyClaimsPressureTendenciesExplanationVulnerabilityInsecurityRepetitionSuspiciousAdministratorsUnpatriotic Author:Richard A. Falk
“I'm passionate about caring for this planet. I'd like to bring awareness to ways that individuals can reduce their carbon footprints without waiting for governments to change things on a policy level.” WayGovernmentIndividualWaitingLevelsAwarenessPolicyPlanetsPassionateCaringCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Laura Regan
“Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.” PeopleWorldWantRealGovernmentNationsEffectsAwarenessMovementWillingNeededPoliticianRootsVoteGreenGrassEmissionsConstituentsReal ChangeGreen Movement Author:Wilbur Smith
“People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into disastrous decisions and miscalculations because they have no awareness whatever of the historical background, the cultural universe, of the foreign societies with which they have to deal.” PeopleGovernmentLawPoliticalUniverseDecisionDealsHistoryAwarenessEconomicsHistoricalBackgroundsPolitical ScienceIn-lawsMiscalculations Author:Michael Howard