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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Get a free copy of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts, 2<sup>nd</sup><span> </span>edition at<span> </span><a href="http://thecanadianfacts.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px">http://thecanadianfacts.org</a><br>


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Join 1200+ health leaders on the SDOH Listserv at<span> </span><a href="https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px">https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html</a><br>


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Dennis Raphael, PhD<br>


Professor of Health Policy and Management<br>


York University<br>


4700 Keele Street<br>


Strong College, Room 334<br>


Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3<br>


<a href="tel:416-736-2100">416-736-2100</a>, ext. 22054<br>


email:<span> </span><a href="mailto:draphael@yorku.ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px">draphael@yorku.ca</a><br>


Website:<span> </span><a href="http://health.info.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=162284" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7" style="margin:0px">http://health.info.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=162284</a><br>


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Of interest:<br>


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The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State</span></p>


<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><a href="https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state</span></a></p>


<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>


<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Poverty in Canada, 3<sup>rd</sup><span> </span>edition,<br>


Forewords by Cathy Crowe, Rob Ranier and Jack Layton<br>


</span><a href="https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/poverty-in-canada-d3408482-0caa-489a-8a76-7faf7587d00a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/poverty-in-canada-d3408482-0caa-489a-8a76-7faf7587d00a</span></a></p>


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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, 3<sup>rd</sup><span> </span>edition<br>


Foreword by Gary Teeple<br>


<a href="https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/staying-alive" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/staying-alive</span></a></span></p>


<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p>


<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 3rd edition<br>


Forewords by Michael Butler and Maude Barlow, Carolyn Bennett and Roy Romanow<br>


<a href="http://tinyurl.com/hm5l4hn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11" style="margin:0px">http://tinyurl.com/hm5l4hn</a><br>


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Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: Newcomer Experiences in Developed Nations<br>


<a href="http://www.cspi.org/books/immigration-public-policy-and-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="12" style="margin:0px">http://www.cspi.org/books/immigration-public-policy-and-health</a><br>


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About Canada: Health and Illness, 2nd edition<br>


<a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-health-and-illness" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="13" style="margin:0px">https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-health-and-illness</a><br>


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Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences<br>


Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel<br>


<a href="http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="14" style="margin:0px">http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities</a><br>


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Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings<br>


<a href="http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="15" style="margin:0px">http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu</a><br>


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See a presentation! The Political Economy of Health Inequalities.<br>


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="16" style="margin:0px">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g</a><br>


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Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social security.<br>


<a href="http://vimeo.com/33346501" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="17" style="margin:0px">http://vimeo.com/33346501</a><br>


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See what Jack Layton had to say about my books!<br>


<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="18" style="margin:0px">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html</a><br>


at 27:20</span></p>


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