Stigmabase - About

Stigmabase Global initiative

Dedicated to Education and Diversity

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 Collection Overview

Since September 7, 2010, Stigmabase has selected and archived more than 1 million global news articles. The initiative is designed to document stigma worldwide, preserve collected data for researchers, and organize a large body of news titles into clear subject areas and time periods.

· Mission: Inform readers about stigma around the world and support research through preserved data.

· Collection scope: More than 1 million global news articles have been selected and archived.

· Current availability: 170,996 news titles are currently available online.

· Next step: Stigmabase is continuing to add titles and plans to publish the complete collection in the near future.

Montréal | CANADA

Since 2010, Stigmabase lists 52 weeks per year — stories about social exclusion and its causes throughout the world — in 8 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

Established on September 7, 2010, by Robert Savignac, Stigmabase is a Canadian non-governmental and nonprofit initiative dedicated to providing information about global stigma and offering accessible data for researchers. Stigmabase emphasizes the importance of accuracy, listing only reliable sources.

Stigmabase had curated and archived over one million news articles worldwide, referring more than sixty million readers to the Global Press. On a weekly basis, Stigmabase compiles hundreds of news items addressing social exclusion and its underlying causes on a global scale. The initiative strives to serve as an agent of change, working to combat social exclusion internationally.

Robert Savignac, the founder, is based in Montréal and identifies as a North American citizen. As business manager and president of a network comprising ten bookstores, he has published 161 books, including 49 translations. With formal training as an accountant, he held the position of VP Finance at a leading translation firm in Toronto, undertaking numerous management and organizational projects, including the development of various web communication strategies.

After experiencing burnout in the late 1990s, Robert transitioned into a career in information technology, creating management applications for bars and restaurants. His subsequent role as an administrator in Montréal's Gay Village exposed him to daily challenges associated with prostitution, substance addiction, and gambling.

These experiences represented a significant turning point in his life, fueling his commitment to advocating for equity, harm reduction, and reintegration.

For him, the world has changed but Quebec separatists have remained stuck in the 1968 era.

Stigmabase is proudly

Canadian

Since 2010, Stigmabase has referred millions readers to the Global Press

Stigmabase uses only trusted and credible global news 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