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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8h

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

Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 11h

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

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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...

www.cbc.ca

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 12h

We write to express our concern regarding the decision to not renew York University’s institutional membership in The Conversation (Canada), and to urge the decision-makers responsible for this to renew it.
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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 14h

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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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 17h

A man walks down the street
He says, Why am I soft in the middle now?
THE REST OF MY LIFE IS SO HARD
-- Paul Simon

1/3 Suthakaran, K. and Raphael, D. (2025). Canada and the 3 public policy taboos: Promoting health equity in difficult times. Critical Studies
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Canada and the Three Public Policy Taboos: Promoting Health Equity in Difficult Times | Critical Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

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Kanadensiskt larm: Svensk hälsa hotad

Kanadensiska forskare har framhållit Sverige som ett föregångsland inom välfärd och folkhälsa. Men nu larmar en ny studie om en ideologisk U-sväng som riskerar

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 1d

Barrie #Ontario recently declared a "state of emergency" over homelessness.

But for its mayor, the risk to human lives is not the emergency. The visibility of poverty is.

New op-ed from Nir Hagigi:

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#onpoli #Barrie #housingisahumanright

In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

Coming up on one year anniversary of Philpott being coopted by Ford. This review of her book may be of interest.
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Review: A Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott’s Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada
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Randall Denley: The Ford government finds a brilliant way to silence health critics

The Philpott appointment should get the PCs off the health-care hook until after the next election. In politics that’s everything.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, the overall rate of property crime was higher in Canada (1,995 incidents per 100,000 population versus 1,906 in the United States).
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The Daily — Crime comparisons between Canada and the United States, 1998 to 2023

In 2023, the rate of police-reported violent crime continued to be lower in Canada than the United States, though the gap between the two countries has narrowed over the last 25 years. Meanwhile, the ...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 1d

In 2023, the rate of police-reported violent crime continued to be lower in Canada than the United States (252 incidents per 100,000 population versus 334 incidents), though the gap between the two countries has narrowed over the last 25 years.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 2d

Here we go again!
Aspiring NDP leader who has raised thousands may be breaking party rules, official says

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 3d

Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 3d

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We fail our citizens in Canada -- and the UN is onto us

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure in…

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

socialistproject.ca/2025/10/ai-a...

AI and Education: The Kids are in Danger

Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, are pushing hard to get them into public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their inter...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 4d

All those who have thought about the bad state of things refuse to appeal to the compassion of one group of people for another. But the compassion of the oppressed for the oppressed is indispensable. It is the world's one hope.
– Bertolt Brecht, 1938

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 6d

Tabby boys in the second floor study.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 6d

The film ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ connects Orwell's writings to modern totalitarianism. It’s a loose assembly of biography, reflection & key moments of political awakening, with actor Damian Lewis narrating Orwell’s words with a poetic gravitas, interspersed w/ a collage of images, words & archival footage.

Movie Review: In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a Powerful Portrait of the Author and His Still Relevant Writings - Bucks County Beacon

The film connects Orwell's writings to modern totalitarianism.

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 7d

Commentary – The evidence is in: accountability needs to be injected into the policy-making process for household food insecurity reduction
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The evidence is in: accountability needs to be injected into the policy-making process for household food insecurity reduction, HPCDP: Vol 45(9), September 2025

The systematic reviews of evidence compiled by PHAC provide an important foundation for such action, but they also indicate the need for accountability, so that precious public funds do not continue t...

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 7d

The system works -- for some.

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Ontario Health Coalition @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social · 8d

Every one of us needs to make it visible that we oppose #dougford's plan to expand privatization. Come out in Kitchener-Waterloo & Oxford County this weekend to build the fightback to save public health care before we lose it.

Contact info here: ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/ev...

#onpoli

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8d

“Our organization believes that any campaign or initiatives have to be deliberated and conducted by workers who are themselves facing and fighting the exploitation.”
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To start winning in Canada, here’s how the Left can organize the suburbs ⋆ The Breach

Conservatives are capturing working-class, visible-minority voters outside Toronto’s downtown—and in suburban neighbourhoods across the country. The Left needs a playbook to win them back

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Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 8d

“In many organizing spaces or NGO-type organizations, the strategy is decided by a small group of people—typically those not directly affected,” she said.

Dennis Raphael @dennisraphael.bsky.social · 10d

Another well meaning NGO type who has no economic analysis and understanding of the real problem, facing Canadians: an out of control capitalist, economic system.
www.heathermcpherson.ca

Heather McPherson for Leader of Canada's NDP

Heather is running to be the next leader of Canada's NDP. Fearless, fiercely fair, and a builder – Heather leads by opening doors and making space for everyone.

www.heathermcpherson.ca

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