http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada

By Dennis Raphael; Forewords by Rob Rainer and Jack Layton

Forthcoming in August 2011
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This book is unlike any other. Poverty in Canada provides a unique, 
interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its importance to the health 
and quality of life of Canadians. This volume considers a range of issues 
that will be of great interest to a variety of audiences - those studying 
or working in Community and Developmental Psychology, Education, Health 
Promotion, Health Studies and Health Sciences, Medicine and Nursing, 
Political Science and Policy Studies, Public Health, Social Work, and 
Sociology, as well as the general public.

Central issues include: the definitions of poverty and means of measuring 
it in wealthy, industrialized nations such as Canada; the causes of 
poverty - both situational and societal; the health and social 
implications of poverty for individuals, communities, and society as a 
whole; and the means of reducing its incidence and responding to its 
effects. Particular emphasis has been placed on the lived experiences of 
poverty throughout the book.

This second edition has been thoroughly updated and features a new chapter 
on anti-poverty programs, updated data on poverty rates and information on 
newly developed Canadian measures of deprivation, and an extended 
discussion of what Canadians can do to first reduce - and then eliminate - 
poverty in Canada.

Reviews and Comments

"You are holding in your hands the single most valuable reference on 
poverty in Canada, a book whose dog-eared copy sits prominently on the 
bookshelf in my office."
- Rob Rainer, Executive Director, Canada Without Poverty

"The author's passion for the topic comes across well and is important to 
creating a sense of the importance and urgency of the issues addressed. 
This passion is reinforced and matched with the provision of evidence and 
well-founded arguments."
- Jessica Polzer, School of Health Studies, University of Western Ontario

"I would certainly have no hesitation recommending this text to both 
undergrads and grad students. In fact, I would say that this type of book 
should be a compulsory text for all undergrads, in all disciplines."
- Susan Fowler-Kerry, Director, College of Nursing, University of 
Saskatchewan

"This text makes the concept of the social determinants of health come 
alive. There is no parallel Canadian treatment of the cumulative range of 
this material."
- Harvey Frankel, Dean, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Dennis Raphael

Dennis Raphael is Professor of Health Policy and Management at York 
University.



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