Toba Bryant
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273555 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toba Bryant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toba |
| FAMILY NAME | Bryant |
| SIGNATURE | BRYANT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ontario Tech University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0436-4528 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Socialism as the way forward: Updating a discourse analysis of the social determinants of health
In 2011 Raphael identified seven discourses on the social determinants of health (SDH). These discourses ranged from 'SDH as identifying those in need of health and social services' to 'SDH and their distribution result from the power and influence of those who create and benefit from health and social inequalities'. Developments since then have led us to identify an eighth: 'SDH and their distribution result from the processes inherent to capita…
The Old Mole and the New Democratic Party: Why the NDP is an Impediment to Social Progress in Canada
Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities in Canada: Polemics and anger mobilization as the way forward
Progress in reducing health inequalities through public policy action is difficult in nations identified as liberal welfare states. In Canada, as elsewhere, researchers and advocates provide governing authorities with empirical findings on the sources of health inequalities and document the lived experiences of those encountering these adverse health outcomes with the hope of provoking public policy action. However, critical analysis of the socie…
Workplace restructuring and institutional change: GM Oshawa from 1994 to 2019
This paper examines the evolution of three key institutional systems—CAW/UNIFOR unions, General Motors Canada, and the Canadian federal State—and their impact on workplace relations in Oshawa over a 25-year period. It places particular focus on union policies and shows that important opportunities for workplace transition were lost as local and national leaders avoided critical economic issues and failed to seriously contend with changing objecti…
The Role of Transportation in Sustaining and Reintegrating Formerly Homeless Clients
This study analyzes spontaneous qualitative interviews with formerly homeless individuals living alone, on the importance of transportation in meeting everyday needs. Some participants identified that transportation subsidies were often haphazard, sometimes requiring tremendous effort to obtain, and discouraging use. Those who had access to transportation note the importance of access to healthcare, personal fitness needs, reduced food insecurity…
Canada considers a basic income guarantee: Can it achieve health for all?
There is little doubt that the implementation of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in Canada and other liberal welfare states would alleviate some of the most egregious examples of absolute poverty that contribute to poor health such as lack of adequate food and shelter and inability to meet basic household and personal needs. BIG would likely improve the health of the most disadvantaged by moving them closer to the relative poverty line. Yet, advoc…
The cultural hegemony of chronic disease association discourse in Canada
Power, intersectionality and the life-course: Identifying the political and economic structures of welfare states that support or threaten health
Implications of Public Policy Change Models for Addressing Income-Related Health Inequalities
There are differing interpretations among health researchers about how income inequality leads to health inequalities, but there is consensus that income inequality is cause for concern. Alarms have also been sounded by public policy researchers and institutes, which see income inequality as having a corrosive effect on society by hindering economic growth, dampening political participation, and eroding quality of life. This article examines how …
A toxic combination of poor social policies and programmes, unfair economic arrangements and bad politics: The experiences of poor Canadians with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a serious life-threatening chronic disease whose prevalence is especially high among Canadians living in poverty. And these Canadians with T2DM in poverty are especially likely to experience serious consequences of the disease. Of special concern is Statistics Canada reporting an explosive increase in mortality rates from diabetes (of which 90% represent T2DM) in low-income urban neighbourhoods across Canada. We place fi…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Inequalities and Health
Social Inequalities, Public Policy, and Health
Social inequalities are a key issue for modern welfare states in the post-industrial globalized economy. The extent of social inequalities within nations is directly related to the size and nature of the welfare state. The welfare state was the mechanism by which governments in developed economies intervened in health and social public policy areas to ensure access to health care and social services. Public policy has a significant impact on soci…
Maintaining Population Health in a Period of Welfare State Decline: Political Economy as the Missing Dimension in Health Promotion Theory and Practice
There is increasing recognition in the health promotion and population health fields that the primary determinants of health lay outside the health care and behavioural risk arenas. Many of these factors involve public policy decisions made by governments that influence the distribution of income, degree of social security, and quality and availability of education, food, and housing, among others. These non-medical and non-lifestyle factors have…
How knowledge and political ideology affects rental housing policy in Ontario, Canada: Application of a knowledge paradigms framework of policy change
A case study of the Tenant Protection Act in Ontario, Canada is presented. A Conservative government elected in 1995 introduced an Act to deregulate rents and amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to allow use of income criteria to screen potential tenants. Document review and in‐depth interviews with tenant advocates were applied to understand how tenant advocates in Toronto used knowledge and other strategies to influence the legislation in the c…
What Do Canadian Seniors Say Supports Their Quality of Life: Findings from a National Participatory Research Study
How Government Policy Decisions Affect Seniors’ Quality of Life: Findings from a Participatory Policy Study Carried Out in Toronto, Canada
Putting the Population into Population Health
Power, intersectionality and the life-course: Identifying the political and economic structures of welfare states that support or threaten health
Implications of Public Policy Change Models for Addressing Income-Related Health Inequalities
There are differing interpretations among health researchers about how income inequality leads to health inequalities, but there is consensus that income inequality is cause for concern. Alarms have also been sounded by public policy researchers and institutes, which see income inequality as having a corrosive effect on society by hindering economic growth, dampening political participation, and eroding quality of life. This article examines how …
How knowledge and political ideology affects rental housing policy in Ontario, Canada: Application of a knowledge paradigms framework of policy change
A case study of the Tenant Protection Act in Ontario, Canada is presented. A Conservative government elected in 1995 introduced an Act to deregulate rents and amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to allow use of income criteria to screen potential tenants. Document review and in‐depth interviews with tenant advocates were applied to understand how tenant advocates in Toronto used knowledge and other strategies to influence the legislation in the c…
The cultural hegemony of chronic disease association discourse in Canada
Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities in Canada: Polemics and anger mobilization as the way forward
Progress in reducing health inequalities through public policy action is difficult in nations identified as liberal welfare states. In Canada, as elsewhere, researchers and advocates provide governing authorities with empirical findings on the sources of health inequalities and document the lived experiences of those encountering these adverse health outcomes with the hope of provoking public policy action. However, critical analysis of the socie…
What Do Canadian Seniors Say Supports Their Quality of Life: Findings from a National Participatory Research Study
How Government Policy Decisions Affect Seniors’ Quality of Life: Findings from a Participatory Policy Study Carried Out in Toronto, Canada
Putting the Population into Population Health
The Old Mole and the New Democratic Party: Why the NDP is an Impediment to Social Progress in Canada
Putting the Population into Population Health
How Government Policy Decisions Affect Seniors’ Quality of Life: Findings from a Participatory Policy Study Carried Out in Toronto, Canada
How knowledge and political ideology affects rental housing policy in Ontario, Canada: Application of a knowledge paradigms framework of policy change
A case study of the Tenant Protection Act in Ontario, Canada is presented. A Conservative government elected in 1995 introduced an Act to deregulate rents and amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to allow use of income criteria to screen potential tenants. Document review and in‐depth interviews with tenant advocates were applied to understand how tenant advocates in Toronto used knowledge and other strategies to influence the legislation in the c…
What Do Canadian Seniors Say Supports Their Quality of Life: Findings from a National Participatory Research Study
Maintaining Population Health in a Period of Welfare State Decline: Political Economy as the Missing Dimension in Health Promotion Theory and Practice
There is increasing recognition in the health promotion and population health fields that the primary determinants of health lay outside the health care and behavioural risk arenas. Many of these factors involve public policy decisions made by governments that influence the distribution of income, degree of social security, and quality and availability of education, food, and housing, among others. These non-medical and non-lifestyle factors have…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Inequalities and Health
Social Inequalities, Public Policy, and Health
Social inequalities are a key issue for modern welfare states in the post-industrial globalized economy. The extent of social inequalities within nations is directly related to the size and nature of the welfare state. The welfare state was the mechanism by which governments in developed economies intervened in health and social public policy areas to ensure access to health care and social services. Public policy has a significant impact on soci…
A toxic combination of poor social policies and programmes, unfair economic arrangements and bad politics: The experiences of poor Canadians with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a serious life-threatening chronic disease whose prevalence is especially high among Canadians living in poverty. And these Canadians with T2DM in poverty are especially likely to experience serious consequences of the disease. Of special concern is Statistics Canada reporting an explosive increase in mortality rates from diabetes (of which 90% represent T2DM) in low-income urban neighbourhoods across Canada. We place fi…
Power, intersectionality and the life-course: Identifying the political and economic structures of welfare states that support or threaten health
Implications of Public Policy Change Models for Addressing Income-Related Health Inequalities
There are differing interpretations among health researchers about how income inequality leads to health inequalities, but there is consensus that income inequality is cause for concern. Alarms have also been sounded by public policy researchers and institutes, which see income inequality as having a corrosive effect on society by hindering economic growth, dampening political participation, and eroding quality of life. This article examines how …
Canada considers a basic income guarantee: Can it achieve health for all?
There is little doubt that the implementation of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) in Canada and other liberal welfare states would alleviate some of the most egregious examples of absolute poverty that contribute to poor health such as lack of adequate food and shelter and inability to meet basic household and personal needs. BIG would likely improve the health of the most disadvantaged by moving them closer to the relative poverty line. Yet, advoc…
The cultural hegemony of chronic disease association discourse in Canada
The Role of Transportation in Sustaining and Reintegrating Formerly Homeless Clients
This study analyzes spontaneous qualitative interviews with formerly homeless individuals living alone, on the importance of transportation in meeting everyday needs. Some participants identified that transportation subsidies were often haphazard, sometimes requiring tremendous effort to obtain, and discouraging use. Those who had access to transportation note the importance of access to healthcare, personal fitness needs, reduced food insecurity…
Workplace restructuring and institutional change: GM Oshawa from 1994 to 2019
This paper examines the evolution of three key institutional systems—CAW/UNIFOR unions, General Motors Canada, and the Canadian federal State—and their impact on workplace relations in Oshawa over a 25-year period. It places particular focus on union policies and shows that important opportunities for workplace transition were lost as local and national leaders avoided critical economic issues and failed to seriously contend with changing objecti…
Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities in Canada: Polemics and anger mobilization as the way forward
Progress in reducing health inequalities through public policy action is difficult in nations identified as liberal welfare states. In Canada, as elsewhere, researchers and advocates provide governing authorities with empirical findings on the sources of health inequalities and document the lived experiences of those encountering these adverse health outcomes with the hope of provoking public policy action. However, critical analysis of the socie…
Socialism as the way forward: Updating a discourse analysis of the social determinants of health
In 2011 Raphael identified seven discourses on the social determinants of health (SDH). These discourses ranged from 'SDH as identifying those in need of health and social services' to 'SDH and their distribution result from the power and influence of those who create and benefit from health and social inequalities'. Developments since then have led us to identify an eighth: 'SDH and their distribution result from the processes inherent to capita…
The Old Mole and the New Democratic Party: Why the NDP is an Impediment to Social Progress in Canada
Political science (15 works) · Economics (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Health care (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Public health (7 works)