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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 15h

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 16h

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Join 700 health leaders on the SDOH Listserv at listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?S...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 20h

Communicating Friedrich Engels's return to Manchester: Arts and cultural event, history lesson, or call to action? - Stella Medvedyuk, Piara Govender, Dennis Raphael, 2023

There is increasing interest by academics and mainstream media in the relevance of Friedrich Engels's writings for understanding contemporary economic and ...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 21h

The globe and mail having an editorial condemning public supermarkets indicates that the powers that be are terrified of this idea. Who knows, it may lead to public ownership of everything.

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

It took 20 years, but finally…

Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies - Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant, Rozhin Amin, 2025

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

Why don’t the gods appear on our markets
And share out, smiling, nature’s plenty
And allow the people, fortified by food and wine
To be good to one another henceforth, and friendly?1
-- Bertolt Brecht, 1941/2019
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Background: Despite a robust literature on the importance of promoting health equity, actual progress in doing so is flagging and this is especially the case in...

Study says carcinogens in drinking water linked to thousands of cancers

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently drinking sugary fluids, alcohol, or water increases your risk of cancer.
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What’s in your water? A recent study by the nonprofit watchdog organization Environmental Working Group links thousands of cancers to carcinogens found in drinking water.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1d

To Carney, "Elbows up" means buying American jets, building a pipeline to sell our oil to the US, joining a US missile defence system, opening our markets to more American dairy, and kissing the American president's ass at every opportunity.

This is what you voted for, is it?

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

They will witness and report conditions so horrific and war crimes so egregious that the reputation of the Jewish state may never tecover.

Ted Rall

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

The war in Gaza may be over, but the repercussions for the state of Israel have just begun. Reporters from the Western world, including the United States, will flood into the occupied territory.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

Missing: Israel's Humanity | Ted Rall

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

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The same old discredited responses with doctors are expected to set up their own teams rather than the province managing things such as community health centres

Ontario Newsroom

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Canada and the Three Public Policy Taboos: Promoting Health Equity in Difficult Times
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Canada redistributes less income than most nations leading to higher poverty rates..

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Raphael, D., Bryant, T., Mikkonen, J. and Raphael, A. (2020). Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts, 2nd edition. Oshawa: Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Sciences and Toronto: York University School of Health Policy and Management.
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The Canadian Facts

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Raphael, D., Bryant, T. and Amin, R. (2025). Promoting health equity in an era of growing contradictions between capital accumulation and social reproduction in capitalist economies. Community Health Equity Research and Policy.
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Canada and the Three Public Policy Taboos: Promoting Health Equity in Difficult Times | Critical Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Suthakaran, K. and Raphael, D. (2025). Canada and the three public policy taboos: Promoting health equity in difficult times. Critical Studies.
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Small Change | Doreen Nicoll | Substack

nicollneedschange.bsky.social @nicollneedschange.bsky.social · 3d

Tune into Small Change on Dec. 18 to hear my conversation with Dennis Raphael about his critique of Jan Philpott's book, Health for All. We discuss the issues Philpott left out and what really needs to be done to improve healthcare and the social determinants of health. doreenn.substack.com

Welcome to my site where the topics and issues not covered by mainstream media find a home. If you find yourself asking, "How did she know that?" then you're in the right place, because a little Nicol...

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Relevance of Georg Grosz’s Weimar-era drawings to promoting social justice and health equity in contemporary society

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott's Health for All
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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Book Review: A Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott’s Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada
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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott's Health for All
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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Relevance of Georg Grosz’s Weimar-era drawings to promoting social justice and health equity in contemporary society.
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The arts and humanities can direct attention to the health-threatening effects of adverse living and working conditions and the political and economic systems that spawn them. Most of these efforts ai...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

Impacts of social determinants on the transient and persistent inefficiency of health systems in OECD countries
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Impacts of social determinants on the transient and persistent inefficiency of health systems in OECD countries

This study examines the impact of social determinants on the transient and persistent technical inefficiency of health systems in OECD countries betwe…

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

You don't mean using AI for learning, but rather using AI for not learning.

Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not just young Canadians, but old ones too.

More young Canadians are tapping AI for learning, even when concerned about it

Educators must guide students to supplement, not circumvent their learning, says prof. #AI #education #employment

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More young Canadians are tapping AI for learning, even when concerned about it | CBC News

More Canadian students are turning to AI, eager for additional opportunities to learn how to use it. Yet worries about cheating and impact to critical thinking persist, with some experts saying more c...

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Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not just young Canadians, but old ones too.

More young Canadians are tapping AI for learning, even when concerned about it

Educators must guide students to supplement, not circumvent their learning, says prof. #AI #education #employment

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More young Canadians are tapping AI for learning, even when concerned about it | CBC News

More Canadian students are turning to AI, eager for additional opportunities to learn how to use it. Yet worries about cheating and impact to critical thinking persist, with some experts saying more c...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

The Daily — Distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption, saving and wealth of Canadian households, second quarter 2025

The income gap remained at a record high in the second quarter of 2025, unchanged from the previous year, amid a weakening economy that negatively affected household income and net saving across the i...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

3/3 Raphael, D., Bryant, T., Mikkonen, J. and Raphael, A. (2020). Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts, 2nd edition. Oshawa: Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Sciences and Toronto: York University School of Health Policy and Management.
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The Canadian Facts

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

2/3 Raphael, D., Bryant, T. and Amin, R. (2025). Promoting health equity in an era of growing contradictions between capital accumulation and social reproduction in capitalist economies. Community Health Equity Research and Policy.
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