Stigmabase - About

Stigmabase Global initiative

Dedicated to Education and Diversity

As of end of Q1 2025, since September 7, 2010, Stigmabase has selected and archived more than 1 million* global news articles

Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and retain the data collected 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.

Stigmabase uses only trusted and credible journalistic sources

Montréal | CANADA

*1,025, 681 global news articles

Since 2010, Stigmabase lists 52 weeks per year — stories about social exclusion and its causes throughout the world — in 16 languages. Stigmabase hopes to be a vehicle for change and combat social exclusion throughout the world.

The Stigmabase initiative is part of a Multilateralism approach and rejects any populist, souverainism, nationalist, hate and fundamentalist doctrines. Stigmabase believes in A TOTAL equality between genders, races, cultures, and equal opportunities for all..

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Robert Savignac

Developer

First posts : September 7, 2010

Robert Savignac is a Montréal native. He considers himself like a North American citizen.

Business manager, and president of a network made up of 10 bookstores: Robert is the publisher of 161 books (49 translations). Trained accountant, he was VP Finance for an important translation firm in Toronto. He carried out many management and business organization mandates. He also drew up many communication plans for the Web.

He suffered a burnout at the end of the 90s, then chose a new career path in information technology. He created management applications for various bars and restaurants. This second career as an administrator in Montréal's Gay Village meant that on a daily basis, he dealt with setbacks, caused by prostitution, drug addiction, alcohol, and compulsive gambling.

These experiences and his work in the field were a major turning point in his life. In the years that followed, he became an ardent and passionate advocate of equity, harm reduction and reintegration.

The developer of Stigmabase rejects any nationalist and sovereigntist rethorics and their obsession rooted in xenophobia and in the past.

For him ... The world does not need more borders.

Stigmabase is proudly

Canadian

Since 2010, Stigmabase has referred more than 50 million readers to the Global Press

Stigmabase uses only trusted and credible journalistic sources

Journalism ethics and standards are principles of good practice. Professional journalism associations, individual news organizations, and journalists themselves often have their own "code of ethics;" however, most share these basic principles: truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness, and public accountability.

Journalism Ethics & Standards - Communication Studies - Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries (uw.edu)

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A Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit initiative

To those who have been there and

who have believed in Stigmabase mission

Merci !

Nathalie Comeau

Co-Founder | Research and development

Conseillers fondateurs

Francis et Kati furent les premiers intervenants bénévoles à commenter le projet. Ils fut alors facile de constater que tous les deux savent placer les valeurs humaines au-dessus de tout. Leur fougue, leur détermination et leur générosité furent impressionnantes

Acknowledgements

Carl Lacroix

Maxime Morin

APE (Quebec city - CANADA): Christian Audet - Annie St-Cyr

Maison de Lauberivière (Quebec city - CANADA) : Éric Boulay - Marie-Pier Déry - Francis Peuch - André Larose

Artmérik (Quebec city - CANADA ) : Catherine Grenier - Jacynthe Gauthier - Martin Beaulieu - Martin Lagacé

Action chambreurs (Quebec city - CANADA) : Stéphane Baudelot

STIGMABASE PRIVACY POLICY

Stigmabase do not handle personal or sensitive user data.

STIGMABASE do not discriminate on any unlawful basis with regards to hiring or employment practices, including discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation or any other characteristics.

Stigmabase respect all social and economic status

Stigmabase is a strong supporter of open source

Addition for Stigmabase mLGBT+ app

No data collection declared

The developer says this app doesn’t collect user data

No data shared with third parties

The developer says this app doesn’t share user data with other companies or organizations