Dennis Raphael
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Dennis Raphael
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Canadian, university professor, Bertolt Brecht admirer, Raptors fan, potato cannon engineer, South Riverdale enthusiast/resident, socialist since grade 6. More info about me here: https://discover.academics.yorku.ca/Dennis.Raphael/about .. more

Dennis Raphael is a Canadian social scientist who has written extensively on the social inequalities in health in Canada and elsewhere.

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Public Health 31%
Political science 22%
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Memories of Germany.

Opinion: Is a nation (Canada) falling from 5th to 22nd in life expectancy rankings a sign of something wrong?
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Opinion: Is a nation falling from 5th to 22nd in life expectancy rankings a sign of something wrong?
Growing income and wealth inequality, housing and food insecurity, lack of unionized jobs, and a health-care system in crisis contribute.
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Recent immigrants (17%) were more than 2x s likely to have persistent low income in the study period as non-immigrants (8%), while those in racialized groups (14%) were 2x as likely to have persistent low income as non-racialized, non-Indigenous tax filers (7%).
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The Daily — Study: Who experiences persistent low income? A study of various demographic groups from 2016 to 2022
From 2016 to 2022, 9% of tax filers aged 15 and older experienced persistent low income, meaning they fell under the low-income measure after tax for at least four of the seven years in the study peri...
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The Old Mole and the New Democratic Party: Why
the NDP is an Impediment to Social Progress in Canada

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Another example of why the NDP should be buried. If these are the kinds of people that are running for the NDP then why bother?
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Imminent death from above.

The donors’ wealth came from mining, oil and gas, financial services, and real estate sectors – all of which are industries associated with social, environmental, and health harms that disproportionately affect structurally marginalized populations.

A Critical Public Health Analysis of Private Donor Naming in Canadian Public Universities’ Public Health Programs
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These programs were linked to five private donors, all of whom were cisgender, heterosexual white men.
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Late-Stage Capitalism and the Canadian Polycrisis in Living and Working Conditions: Implications for Health and Means of Responding

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Danielle Martin to run for the liberals in Toronto.
Expect her to flame out the same way that Carolyn Bennett did and Jane Philpot. They all talk big before they get into the liberal party, but once they get in there, they’re stifled, marginalized and basically accomplish Nothing.

Bertolt Brecht from his Kriegsfibel/War Primer.

This op-ed was sent to 400 media outlets including the "social justice" newspaper. Responses? Zero.
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Surprised? Don't be.
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Mainstream media and the social determinants of health in Canada: is it time to call it a day?
Abstract. This article explores the dearth of coverage of the social determinants of health by the Canadian mainstream media. It is argued that this neglec
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Snow day.