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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

Inmates with mental illness subject to 'cruel and unusual punishment,' suit alleges

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 20, 2015

Inmates with mental illness subject to 'cruel and unusual punishment,' suit alleges
- A Toronto law firm has launched a class action suit against the federal government over the treatment of prison inmates with mental illness.

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Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, May 17, 2015

Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness - “It's embarrassing to admit that you can't do this. But one thing that I've learned here at this fair, is that mental illness is ...

UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, November 26, 2017

UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent - Participants from Europe, Central Asia and North America gathered this week at a United Nations forum in Geneva to explore ways to combat racial discrimination and to ensure effective promotion and protection of the human rights of people of African descent. Speaking at the opening of the two-day ...

Elder Queers offers a forum for LGBTQ connection while honoring those ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 26, 2026

I realized later in life that I was queer and started to explore the local LGBTQ community more intentionally. I appear younger than I am (Black ... View article...

Gender inequality: female top guns discuss silent malaise in ivory towers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 25, 2026

One of such is in the area of gender inequality and subtle, sometimes outright discrimination against the female gender. It is for this reason that ... View article...

This racist con is literally killing white Americans

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

And the political response from the Republicans? They keep electing racist white politicians to refuse Medicaid expansion, slash food stamps, hand tax ... View article...

N.B. government supports inquiry into systemic racism against Indigenous people in justice system

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

"We are fully supportive of an Indigenous-led inquiry on systemic racism ," Keith Chiasson, the province's Indigenous Affairs minister, told reporters ... View article...

False eviction letter fans the flames of anti-Indigenous racism in BC

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

Williams and Sean Carleton, a professor at the University of Winnipeg who studies racism against Indigenous Peoples, both emphasized there is no ... View article...

Why Are Indians Suddenly Facing Racism?

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

Why Are Indians Suddenly Facing Racism ? Why Are Indians ... Despite all this, Indians have not been immune to racist slurs and xenophobic ... View article...

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Being a Queer Immigrant in a Time of White Christian Nationalism

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 16, 2026

I escaped anti-LGBTQ+ violence and intimidation in my native country only to find it here in the United States. View article...

Calls mount for independent investigation into alleged Montreal police racism

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 16, 2026

... discrimination and racism by a group of Montreal police officers, as the province faced mounting calls for an ... View article...

Artificial intelligence creates new digital divide in business world

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Corporate budgets allocated to AI tools, access to enterprise models for workers, and varying restriction on use lead to new source of inequality , ... View article...

UK: Northern Ireland has a racism problem, not an immigration problem Amnesty Belfast rally

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 16, 2026

... racism strategy following days of racist violence in Belfast. Speaking in advance of an anti- racism rally in front of Belfast City Hall ... View article...

Elder Queers offers a forum for LGBTQ connection while honoring those ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 26, 2026

I realized later in life that I was queer and started to explore the local LGBTQ community more intentionally. I appear younger than I am (Black ... View article...

'Heated Rivalry' & 'Hacks' Lead 17th Dorian TV Award Nominations from GALECA

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 18, 2026

The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced its 17th Dorian TV Award nominations today. The 565-member-strong organization, one of the largest entertainment journalists groups in the world, recognizes the best in television and streaming from mainstream content to queer-themed programs. View article...

Inequality in human development amplifies climate-related disaster risk

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 17, 2026

However, the influence of hazard intensity and within-country inequality on impact magnitudes remains poorly quantified. Here, we present a global ... View article...

Gender inequality: female top guns discuss silent malaise in ivory towers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 25, 2026

One of such is in the area of gender inequality and subtle, sometimes outright discrimination against the female gender. It is for this reason that ... View article...

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