Sociology of Health

Health and Equity within a Canadian context

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Tuesday May 30 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-111

The Social determinant of health (SDOH) is used to address Equity in Health. Researchers in the area of health use the SDOH as a guide to human rights and equity ... more

Medical social control in the Covid-19 era

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Wednesday May 24 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Webinar Virtual

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Stigmatizing health narratives, along with the specter of plague, have historically been used by authorities to ... more

Political Causes of Social Causes of Health

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Monday May 29 8:30 am to 10:00 am (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-211

Long-standing research has highlighted that social conditions such as employment, education, and medical care are the fundamental causes of health and disease. It is also recognized politics and political community ... more

Political Determinants of Health

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Tuesday May 30 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-214

At present, a growing literature base shows how people’s health is a consequence of the contexts in which they thrive. However, the view that health is an issue of ... more

Revisiting chronic illness: Theories, critiques, explorations: Embodying/disrupting medical relations

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Tuesday May 30 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
McLaughlin College-MC-050C

The recognition that chronic, noncommunicable conditions now account for the greatest burden of global mortality and an equal, if not greater, share of global morbidity, suggests the need for renewed ... more