A sincere honour to have you, Benita, as colleaugue, friend and neighbour.  

No words can suffice as an adequate tribute to you as a person who lived her values with every action — no matter how small or big — treated everyone with whom she interacted with respect.  Such an admirable way to live one’s life:  always up for collaboration, ever encouraging of others’ endeavours and pursuits, never too busy for a conversation. to serve as a reference, or return a message, sadly, with eve exception of my most recent to you.   

May your beautiful heart, and hope and dedicated hard work for a better world for all, spark a flame in us all ❣️  May your passing way to soon, spark a revitalized energy in all of us to think, speak and act in a more socially and economically just way !!!

You will always live on in our hearts, our  memories and inspiring our actions … 

In the words of Arundhati Roy
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Missing you,
Karen & Sahar Serwonka
Osborne Village
Winnipeg, Manitoba
On original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 9:23 AM Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

Benita was one of our cadre who consistently researched, advocated, and battled for health equity in Canada. We have lost someone very dear.

 

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/benita-cohen-10451415

 

https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=benita+cohen&btnG=

 

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Of interest:

The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State

https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state

 

Poverty in Canada, 3rd edition,
Forewords by Cathy Crowe, Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/poverty-in-canada-d3408482-0caa-489a-8a76-7faf7587d00a

 

Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care, 3rd edition
Foreword by Gary Teeple
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/staying-alive

 

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

Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings
http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu


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

 

 

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