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%

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)
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Scotiabank Arena
Sound Information
Average sound level of 97 decibels (Very Loud Noise Level) based on measurements taken by users of the SoundPrint app. A Very Loud Noise Level is not safe for hearing, exposure can cause hearing loss.
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Complaint filed with the City.
Scotiabank Arena / Toronto, ON / Noise Level Information
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This received ten likes! A lot more than this one.
The Old Mole and the New Democratic Party: Why the NDP is an Impediment to Social Progress in Canada
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Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
By Emily Dickinson

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —

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10 Surprising Early Signs of Dementia
3. Disregard for the Law and Other Social Norms
4. The Person Stares With ‘Reduced Gaze’ and Has Trouble Reading
7. Inappropriate Behavior and Loss of Empathy
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Early Signs of Dementia
Recognize early signs of dementia, like frequent falling, trouble reading, saying inappropriate things, and unusual compulsions. Learn more to understand and seek help.
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10 Surprising Early Signs of Dementia
3. Disregard for the Law and Other Social Norms
4. The Person Stares With ‘Reduced Gaze’ and Has Trouble Reading
7. Inappropriate Behavior and Loss of Empathy
8. An Increase in Compulsive, Ritualistic Behaviors
#trump

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Early Signs of Dementia
Recognize early signs of dementia, like frequent falling, trouble reading, saying inappropriate things, and unusual compulsions. Learn more to understand and seek help.
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Go to that chart and then move pointer over to 2023.

Canada slips to 22nd of OECD nations in life expectancy. We were 5th in 1990.
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No one makes the argument that Canada – or for that matter the UK and USA -- are leaders in achieving health equity. In the most recent 2022 “Health Olympics” of Life Expectancy, Canada ranked 22nd of OECD nations, UK, 27th, and USA, 31st (OECD, 2025).
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Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at birth is the average lifespan a newborn can be expected to live, assuming that age-specific mortality levels remain constant.
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After lunch clean up.

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Full report: Working Together to Thrive: Well-Being and Public Health

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Possible under capitalism?

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

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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?
-- Bertolt Brecht, 1941

Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Contradictions
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At least the Romans did not elect Caligula, Nero, and Commodus, among others. Americans elected Trump, twice.
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The 5 Worst Roman Emperors
Emperors could be elevated with high political, legal and eventually religious offices, but control of the army and the senate was what really...
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