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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.

Black kids face racism before they even start school. It's driving a major mental health crisis.

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 30, 2023

The drivers of the youth mental health crisis for Black children begin early and persist through a lifetime. Black children's first encounters ...

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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 ...

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...

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 ...

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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Stigmabase is a canadian non-profit internet initiative dedicated to informing and raising awareness on the damaging effects of social exclusion and stigma around the world. 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.

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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...

Gender inequality: Can't exclude married daughters from definition of 'family', rules SC

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 03, 2026

'It is incompatible with the constitutional guarantee of equality and perpetuates historical notions of gender inequality which the Constitution ... View article...

Songs by Diana Ross, Cher and more among Billboard's Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Happy Pride Month! In honor of the occasion, Billboard has put together a list of the 100 Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time, which features songs ... View article...

How the death of Yves Sakila exposes Ireland's deeply rooted racism problem

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 04, 2026

Joseph says that Irish racism is insidious because it is often couched in concerns about immigration, and housing scarcity – which immigrants are ... View article...

Many Africans see justice system as unequal, costly, and slow, Afrobarometer survey reveals

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Perceived inequality in the courts is a widespread problem: A majority (59%) of Africans believe people are “often” or “always” treated unequally ... View article...

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