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Rockefeller Foundation Awards JUTI Grant to Deliver Bangkok Climate Action Week

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Grant funding to support establishment of coalition to deliver Bangkok Climate Action Week (BKKCAW)Rockefeller Foundation’s continued support for BKKCAW aims to strengthen locally-led climate action

BANGKOK, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Rockefeller Foundation today announced a US$300,000 grant to the Just Transitions Incubators (JUTI) to form a diverse, multistakeholder coalition to deliver its flagship initiative, the Bangkok Climate Action Week (BKKCAW) in 2026 and 2027. BKKCAW 2026 will take place from October 3–11, 2026. This grant will enable JUTI to strengthen BKKCAW as a coalition-driven platform for climate action by building a broad-based movement, formalizing governance to enhance accountability and shared ownership, and improving systems for stakeholder engagement, strategic communications, partnerships, and learning. Bringing together a wide range of public institutions, civil society and community organizations, philanthropic actors, private sector partners, and research and knowledge institutions, coalition members are united in advancing climate solutions for people and planet.

“The Bangkok Climate Action Week is opportunity to build momentum behind the solutions, people, and organizations helping improve life for vulnerable people in Southeast Asia,” said Deepali Khanna, Senior Vice President and Head of Asia at The Rockefeller Foundation. “By supporting BKKCAW, The Rockefeller Foundation is helping JUTI bring together governments, communities, researchers, philanthropies, and businesses around shared opportunities and shared challenges. BKKCAW brings diverse voices together to strengthen regional cooperation and turn local ideas into practical action that improves people’s lives, strengthens resilience, and supports a healthier planet.”

The grant will contribute to improving the well-being of people and planet in Southeast Asia by strengthening locally led climate action ecosystems, deepening collaboration among diverse stakeholders, and improving follow-through on initiatives emerging from BKKCAW. It will also help shift public and policy narratives by increasing the visibility of climate and development approaches that are relevant to Southeast Asia and more clearly linking climate action with jobs, resilience, and inclusive growth. At the regional level, a key outcome will be stronger cross-border learning, deeper cooperation among Asian climate actors, and wider South–South exchange on practical climate solutions, alongside improved policy alignment and stronger access to community insight, resources, technical expertise, and implementation support.

“Rather than episodic convenings, climate action in Southeast Asia requires long-term ecosystem stewardship,” said Leo Horn-Phathanothai OBE, Founder and Convenor of Bangkok Climate Action Week. “By strengthening locally led ecosystems, shifting climate narratives, and deepening regional cooperation, the coalition will create the foundation for climate action that is more ambitious, more inclusive, and responsive to the realities of Southeast Asia.”

The Rockefeller Foundation supported the inaugural BKKCAW in 2025, helping establish it as a credible platform for multi-stakeholder engagement and locally led climate action. BKKCAW is especially significant this year as it helps build momentum for climate leadership in Thailand ahead of the World Bank and IMF meetings in October 2026.

About The Rockefeller Foundation

Investing $30 billion over the last 113 years to promote the well-being of humanity, The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on unlikely partnerships and innovative solutions that deliver measurable results for people in the United States and around the world. We leverage scientific breakthroughs, artificial intelligence, and new technologies to make big bets across energy, food, health, and finance. For more information, sign up for our newsletter at www.rockefellerfoundation.org/subscribe and follow us on X @RockefellerFdn, Instagram @rockefellerfdn, YouTube @RockefellerFdn, and LinkedIn @the-rockefeller-foundation.

The Just Transitions Incubator (JUTI)

The Just Transitions Incubator (JUTI) was established in January 2025 with the mission to empower transformative local action driving a just transition to a green, inclusive, climate-safe future in Southeast Asia. JUTI focuses on nurturing change agents, orchestrating mission-based collaboration and driving behavioral change through narrative shifts to unlock the agency of economic, political, cultural actors in the region and localize ambitious climate and nature action. Beyond moving individual actors to bold action, the aim is to forge new constellations of action, strengthening ecosystems for sustained, locally led change.

Bangkok Climate Action Week (BKKCAW) is JUTI’s flagship initiative and already a leading platform for locally led climate action in Southeast Asia. BKKCAW was designed as a community-anchored convening, where local organizations, grassroots groups, creatives, and civic actors serve as co-creators rather than passive participants. The platform functions as an ecosystem-building mechanism that convenes and mobilizes diverse stakeholders including civil society, funders, private sector actors, and policymakers, around shared climate and development priorities, and creates entry points to connect local solutions to broader policy and implementation processes.

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INTOUCH INSIGHT CONFIRMS BOARD AND GRANTS STOCK OPTIONS

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OTTAWA, ON, June 11, 2026 /CNW/ – Intouch Insight Ltd. (“Intouch” or the “Company”) (TSXV: INX) (OTCQX: INXSF) announces that at the annual general meeting held on June 11th shareholders re-elected the five directors proposed in the management circular.  Following the shareholder meeting, the Board of directors granted, under its stock option plan, stock options to employees, officers, and directors, for the purchase of up to 260,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.385 per share.  The options granted on June 11th, 2026 will vest over a 36-month period and expire on June 10th, 2031. 

About Intouch Insight

Intouch Insight offers a complete portfolio of customer experience management (CEM) products and services that help global brands delight their customers, strengthen brand reputation and improve financial performance. Intouch helps clients collect and centralize data from multiple customer touch points, gives them actionable, real-time insights, and provides them with the tools to continuously improve customer experience. Founded in 1992, Intouch is trusted by over 300 of North America’s most-loved brands for their customer experience management, customer survey, mystery shopping, mobile forms, operational and compliance audits, geolocation data capture and event marketing automation solutions. For more information, visit intouchinsight.com.

Certain statements included in this news release including those related to the Company’s quarterly results, future products, opportunities and cost initiatives, strategies, and other statements that are predictive in nature that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws.  Forward looking statements that are made as of the date hereof, which by their nature are necessarily subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events, and are based on information currently available to the Company and on hypotheses which it considers to be reasonable; however, management cautions the reader that hypotheses relative to future events which are beyond the control of management could prove to be false, given that they are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Please refer to the risks set forth in the Company’s most recent annual MD&A and the Company’s continuous disclosure documents that can be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The Company does not intend, and disclaims any obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Pioneering Higher Education Technology Firm Stellic Named 2026 Student Success Platform of the Year

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Award-winning platform is now helping more than 1 million students navigate complex academic journeys, make informed decisions, and chart clearer pathways to graduation and career success

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Stellic—the developer of the popular academic planning and degree management platform that now serves more than 1 million students across more than 100 colleges and universities—today announced that it has been selected as winner of the “Student Success Platform of the Year” award by EdTech Breakthrough. The award program, now in its eighth year, recognizes breakthrough educational technology products and companies reshaping how the world learns from K-12 and higher education to corporate L&D and lifelong learning.

“Every student makes hundreds of decisions on the way to a degree, and most of them are harder than they should be,” said Sabih Bin Wasi, co-founder and CEO of Stellic. “The information exists, it’s just not connected in a way students, or staff, can actually use. That’s the problem our team and our partners show up to work on every day. This recognition reflects the real demand for that kind of clarity in higher education, and our dedication to delivering it.”

At a time when more than 40 million Americans have some college but no credential, and student pathways increasingly span multiple institutions, transfer credits, and learning experiences, navigating higher education has become more complex than ever. Students are often asked to make high-stakes academic decisions with information scattered across disconnected systems, creating barriers that can delay progress and derail completion.

Stellic brings critical information together in a student-facing platform that helps learners understand degree requirements, track progress, evaluate transfer credits, identify the right courses and connect with support before small obstacles become significant barriers to completion. The platform helps students make the hundreds of decisions that shape their college experience with greater confidence by providing a clear view of their progress, options, and opportunities, while giving institutions the insights needed to remove barriers and improve outcomes. Stellic’s suite of tools includes Progress for degree management, Care for proactive advising, and Explore for transfer credit evaluation.

Stellic is redefining academic planning and degree management by helping institutions connect the data, decisions, and support systems that shape a student’s path from enrollment through graduation. Colleges and universities are seeing measurable results using the platform.

At Santa Monica College, the platform helped identify more than 5,400 previously unrecognized degrees and certificates, expanding recognition of student achievement. At Carnegie Mellon University, approximately 80% of students use Stellic to navigate degree requirements and academic planning. At Texas Christian University, 90% student adoption has supported more than 40,000 academic planning actions and 23,000 advising appointments, helping create a more connected and proactive advising experience.

Over the past year, more than 14 million interactions moved through the Stellic platform, including 11.5 million student sessions and 2.5 million faculty and staff sessions. Those interactions represent students mapping degree pathways, evaluating transfer credits, selecting courses, tracking progress toward graduation, and making the everyday decisions that determine whether they stay on track.

The recognition caps a year of continued growth and momentum for Stellic. Today, more than 100 colleges and universities—including community colleges, public and private institutions, and leading research universities—rely on Stellic’s platform to help students make informed decisions, navigate degree requirements, and stay on track to completion.

EdTech Breakthrough’s competitive selection process, evaluated by a panel of industry experts, assesses entries across six core criteria—innovation, performance, ease of use, functionality, value, and impact. This year’s award program drew a record number of nominations from innovators across more than 20 countries, with thousands of entries evaluated across categories spanning the full learner lifecycle—from student engagement and classroom management to workforce development, corporate learning, and postsecondary student success.

For more information on how to work with Stellic or request a demo, visit stellic.com.

About Stellic. Stellic is a leading student success and academic planning platform used by over 100 higher education institutions worldwide and more than 1 million students. The company empowers students, advisors, and administrators with modern tools to streamline degree progress, automate transfer evaluations, and make data-informed decisions that drive completion and engagement. Learn more at www.stellic.com.

About EdTech Breakthrough: Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the EdTech Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in educational technology products, companies and people. The EdTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough educational technology in categories including remote learning, student engagement, school administration, career preparation, language learning, STEM education and more. For more information, visit EdTechBreakthrough.com.

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Lead Glass Pro Launches Turn-Key X-Ray Room Installation Service Across 26 States

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Expansion strengthens production capacity, shortens lead times, and broadens custom radiation shielding solutions.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Lead Glass Pro, a leading U.S. manufacturer of radiation shielding products, today announced a significant expansion of its manufacturing facilities alongside a major investment in advanced CNC manufacturing technology. The initiative is designed to deliver greater value to customers by accelerating lead times, expanding product offerings, and increasing precision capabilities for custom radiation shielding components.

The expansion includes the acquisition of new CNC milling centers dedicated to the production of custom-machined lead parts, enabling Lead Glass Pro to provide highly specialized solutions for medical, industrial, and research environments. In addition, the company is implementing a state-of-the-art CNC fiber laser cutting system, advanced CNC press brake equipment, and other modern manufacturing technologies to streamline production workflows and improve overall operational efficiency.

“Our customers rely on us for speed, compliance, and reliability,” said a Lead Glass Pro spokesperson. “This expansion represents a strategic investment in our ability to meet growing demand while maintaining the rapid turnaround times and precision standards that have become synonymous with our brand.”

By enhancing in-house machining and fabrication capabilities, Lead Glass Pro aims to reduce dependency on external suppliers and eliminate common bottlenecks that can delay critical shielding projects. The new equipment will support the production of a broader range of radiation shielding products, including custom lead components, fabricated shielding assemblies, and complex engineered solutions tailored to specific project requirements.

The expansion comes in response to increasing demand from healthcare providers, imaging centers, contractors, and facility planners seeking faster project execution without compromising quality or compliance. With more than 98% of orders historically shipping within three business days, Lead Glass Pro’s latest investment reinforces its commitment to setting new benchmarks for responsiveness and customer satisfaction within the radiation shielding industry.

“This is not just about scaling operations — it’s about delivering measurable value to our customers,” the spokesperson added. “From improved fabrication precision to expanded customization options, these upgrades ensure that our partners can complete their projects faster, with greater confidence and fewer complications.”

The facility expansion is expected to be fully operational in phases over the coming months, positioning Lead Glass Pro for continued growth and innovation. The company remains focused on advancing its mission to provide dependable, high-performance radiation shielding solutions that simplify installation, support regulatory compliance, and keep projects on schedule.

For more information about Lead Glass Pro and its expanded capabilities, visit leadglasspro.com.

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