"If you're smart and poor it's not enough. Poor will put you down. If you're rich and dumb, hang in there." Sir Michael Marmot is the global guru of health equity, and the social and economic determinants of how we live, and when we die. "We have to make common cause. The poor are part of us and we're all part of society." Sir Michael's new book The Health Gap provides both a solid foundation for understanding the most significant sources of our health, and a thorough investigation of the most current and immediate challenges all over the world: http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1632860783 Closing the Gap: Action for Health Equity | April 3, 2016 | Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.