Amazing! Thank you! _____________________________________________________________ On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > original letter > > > > -----Forwarded by Dennis Raphael/fs/YorkU on 08/28/2017 02:10PM ----- > To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > PHACPresident-Correspondence-PrésidenteACSP-Correspondance < > [log in to unmask]>, "Social Determinants of Health" <[log in to unmask]>, > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], "Health List > Health List" <[log in to unmask]> > From: Dennis Raphael/fs/YorkU > Date: 06/27/2017 02:50PM > Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask] > Subject: Canadian Men's Health Foundation > > Boilermakers of Canada > Canadian Medical Association > PHAC > Minister Jane Philpot > Minister Carolyn Bennett > Prime Minister Justin Trudeau > Canadian Mental Health Association > > Since you are identified as either a funder and/or partner of the Don't > Change Much Initiative, you should re-consider your support of the rather > reactionary approach taken by this agency. > > Please look at the article associated with this link. > > http://rdcu.be/tzYp > <http://em.rdcu.be/wf/click?upn=KP7O1RED-2BlD0F9LDqGVeSJDXmldqvFxSdNd1k7Ifqmw-3D_WHkZOJq9ihhzYh7DkMeb6rskizAh8zybnd77WpOc4GW06vL2eE7ODUCmuU6BgzIrBq-2Bu65ipd1OIunfQoFRBhA8DkHuUlukS68HNonwtmSmtdN9-2Be9MFKBzCgLgnf-2FBReuu5xWmHPaljR09kbaDi4xZnWARTYm9-2Fa-2FkEGdEuVxQwMdwtXKRrKejX53znryNCakBAqma1G6xbs-2FKEhooNXA-3D-3D> > > Abstract > > The Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF) receives significant funding > and media attention for its *Don’t Change Much* initiative, which claims > freely chosen small behavioural changes will improve men’s health across > Canada. The enthusiastic support for the CMHF’s individual lifestyle > interventions that take no account of the structural drivers of men’s > health and health inequalities is considered through an application of Ruth > Levitas’ utopian analysis exercise. We consider the utopian visions that > permeate the CMHF’s initiative and examine its culture through the lens of > discursive institutionalism to identify the hegemonic values that imbue > CMHF’s and other Canadian health promotion activities. We then suggest more > useful directions for improving men’s health and reducing the health > inequalities that pervade the Canadian scene. > > Sincerely, > > Dennis Raphael > > > > > Get a free copy of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts at > http://thecanadianfacts.org > > Join 1200+ health leaders on the SDOH Listserv at > https://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/sdoh.html > > Dennis Raphael, PhD > Professor of Health Policy and Management > Graduate Program Director, Health Policy and Equity > York University > 4700 Keele Street > Room 418, HNES Building > Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 > 416-736-2100, ext. 22134 <(416)%20736-2100> > email: [log in to unmask] > Website: http://health.info.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=162284 > > Of interest: > > Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 3rd edition > Forewords by Michael Butler and Maude Barlow, Carolyn Bennett and Roy > Romanow > http://tinyurl.com/hm5l4hn > > Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: Newcomer Experiences in Developed > Nations > http://www.cspi.org/books/immigration-public-policy-and-health > > About Canada: Health and Illness, 2nd edition > https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-health-and-illness > > Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences > Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel > http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities > > Poverty in Canada, 2nd edition, > Forewords by Rob Ranier and Jack Layton > http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada > > Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings > http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu > > Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, > 2nd edition > Foreword by Gary Teeple > http://tinyurl.com/4xlu4up > > See a presentation! The Political Economy of Health Inequalities. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g > > Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up > again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social security. > http://vimeo.com/33346501 > > See what Jack Layton had to say about my books! > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election- > ndp-layton-platform.html > at 27:20 > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi- > bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1