Understanding the stigma of drug addiction: The Paul James story, part one.
Paul discusses the importance of understanding the impact of societal and self-stigma on persons who suffer from substance addictions and the appalling negative consequences on the sufferer and society as a whole which remains remains invisible to the masses. In a riveting 3 part account of why and how Paul is where he is today...there is much to learn. #VictorMontagliani #PeterMontopoli #CanadianSoccerAssociation #CSA #SocialJustice #Stigma #DrugAddicition #YorkUniversity #J
The reasons why I am on a final hunger strike.
Paul confronts the ignorant discrimination delivered by some of his peers and lays out the story of how he arrived on his first hunger strike. Related: New York Times article I referenced in this video about believing 'untruths'. Why We Believe Obvious Untruths #VictorMontagliani #PeterMontopoli #CanadianSoccerAssociation #CSA #SocialJustice #Stigma #DrugAddicition #YorkUniversity #TonyTaylor #JohnPugh #OttawaFuryFC #JohnVanderkolk
York University President Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri.
Mark Twain once wrote: “A lie travels half way around the world while the truth is just putting its shoes on” Dear President Shoukri, Today, March 15, 2017, I begin my third and final total starvation hunger strike to confront you and York University one final time on the appalling discrimination, prejudice, and injustice that has been delivered to me over the past eight years. In the event there is no reversal of this circumstance, then I will cease to exist on or about Apri
Dear Anne Marie Owens, Chief Editor, National Post News Outlet.
Dear Anne Marie Owens, I trust you recognize the damage you and your news outlet have caused my life, those closest to me and by association, many other Canadians. I "begged you" two years ago in a 15 page email to remove the defamatory, libellous, targeted and ridiculed article - devoid of transparency of evidence, yet, smothered with impropriety - which your organization disseminated on a national scale as a consequence of the patently unreasonable collusion of York Univers
Canada unashamedly reckless with substance addiction and mental health approach.
“The truth is that Canada - the ninth richest country in the world - is so wealthy that it manages to mask the reality of poverty, social exclusion, discrimination, the erosion of employment quality, its adverse mental health outcomes, and youth suicides....Adding social sciences evidence we now have accumulated indisputable evidence that social injustice is killing people on a grand scale." - Former Minister of Health and Welfare: Monique Begin 2010 Have you seen the televis
