{"id":59397,"date":"2018-01-25T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-scotiabank-recognized-by-junior-achievement-americas-with-2017s-transforming-education-award\/"},"modified":"2018-01-25T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T18:06:03","slug":"scotiabank-recibe-el-premio-transforming-education-award-2017-de-junior-achievement-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/scotiabank-recibe-el-premio-transforming-education-award-2017-de-junior-achievement-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotiabank recognized by Junior Achievement Americas with 2017&#8217;s Transforming Education Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">TORONTO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 25, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Scotiabank has been recognized by Junior Achievement Americas (JA) as the winner of the 2017 Transforming Education Award, the maximum recognition that JA gives to its partners at the regional level. <span class=\"xn-person\">Brent Currie<\/span>, Scotiabank&#8217;s Senior Vice-President of Brand Management and Marketing Services, received the award in <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto, Ontario<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/633499\/Scotiabank_Scotiabank_recognized_by_Junior_Achievement_Americas.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/633499\/Scotiabank_Scotiabank_recognized_by_Junior_Achievement_Americas.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to partner with Junior Achievement Americas to help young people develop their entrepreneurial, labour and financial skills. This partnership reflects Scotiabank&#8217;s commitment to the long-term development of <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Brent Currie<\/span>, Senior Vice-President, <span class=\"xn-person\">Brand Management<\/span> and Marketing Services. &#8220;At Scotiabank, we&#8217;re focused on our future leaders, and recognize that our involvement with Junior Achievement not only helps young people reach their infinite potential, but also helps to ensure communities are set-up for success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Junior Achievement Americas has recognized Scotiabank for its ongoing support over the last eight years, allowing JA to not only impact the lives of thousands of young people in the region, but to generate innovations to remain relevant in the face of the needs of young people and the labour market. That is, digitalization of the content of the JA Economics for Success program, the development of the first Regional Online Innovation Camp of JA Americas, and the Road to Success initiative launching.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted to recognize Scotiabank for its tireless support to the Latin American and <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> region,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Leo Martellotto<\/span>, President of Junior Achievement Americas. &#8220;Thanks to Scotiabank, and in partnership with them, JA Americas was able to improve the Economics for Success program, generating version 2.0: an online platform through which students learn the same concepts of the original program but in a digital, more interactive way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scotiabank&#8217;s CSR priority to invest in young people has been reflected through the Bank&#8217;s partnership with Junior Achievement Americas, allowing students from 14 to 18 years of age to participate in national innovation camp competitions that aim to find innovative solutions to specific challenges that the business world faces. Similarly, the Road to Success program aims to help develop the infinite potential of youth in our communities by teaching kids the basic concepts of financial literacy. The initiative will continue to give students a basic understanding of the principles of finance and practical advice on budget planning and money management.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Scotiabank<br \/><\/b>Scotiabank is <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span> international bank and a leading financial services provider in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Central America<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia-Pacific<\/span>. We are dedicated to helping our 24 million customers become better off through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With a team of more than 88,000 employees and assets of over <span class=\"xn-money\">$915 billion<\/span> (as at <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 31, 2017<\/span>), Scotiabank trades on the <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto<\/span> (TSX: BNS) and New York Exchanges (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotiabank.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.scotiabank.com<\/a> and follow us on Twitter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scotiabank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Scotiabank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Scotiabank&#8217;s CSR<br \/><\/b>Scotiabank believes that every customer has the right to become better off. When customers succeed, businesses, communities, and entire societies benefit as well. Through our CSR strategy, Better Future, Better Off, we seek to create economic, social and environmental value that benefits every customer. Through our five commitments to Customers, Employees, Communities, the Environment and strong Corporate Governance practices, we aim to create a better future for both society and Scotiabank. For more information on our priorities and the impact we have made, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotiabank.com\/csr\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.scotiabank.com\/csr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About JA Americas<br \/><\/b>As part of one of the world&#8217;s largest youth-serving NGOs, JA Americas\u00a0activates youth for the future of jobs.\u00a0Through the delivery of hands-on, blended learning in\u00a0financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship,\u00a0we empower young people to grow their entrepreneurial ideas, hone their work skills, manage their earnings, and secure\u00a0better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. With 31\u00a0countries,\u00a0the JA Americas network is powered by over\u00a038,000 volunteers and mentors,\u00a0who serve more than\u00a01 million young people\u00a0each year. More information at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jaamericas.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.jaamericas.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For media enquiries: Juan Iramain, Global Communications, (416) 866-4362, <a href=\"mailto:Juan.iramain@scotiabank.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Juan.iramain@scotiabank.com<\/a>; Hern\u00e1n Zocco, Regional Communications, (+54) 9351 3118789, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Hernan@jaamericas.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hernan@jaamericas.org<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/633500\/Scotiabank_Scotiabank_recognized_by_Junior_Achievement_Americas.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/633500\/Scotiabank_Scotiabank_recognized_by_Junior_Achievement_Americas.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Scotiabank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">TORONTO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 25, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Scotiabank has been recognized by Junior Achievement Americas (JA) as the winner of the 2017 Transforming Education Award, the maximum recognition that JA gives to its partners at the regional level. <span class=\"xn-person\">Brent Currie<\/span>, Scotiabank&#8217;s Senior Vice-President of Brand Management and Marketing Services, received the award in <span class=\"xn-location\">Toronto, Ontario<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}