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Global News anchor Farah Nasser speaks candidly about how she was confronted with racism at a young age as part of the #FirstTimeIwasCalled series.

Singer Jully Black is a multiple award-winning Canadian artist, but she says one incident that happened to her when she was just 12 years old nearly silenced her.

Global News received a total of 45 RTDNA Canada nominations. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Toronto on Saturday.

After a Chinese restaurant in Toronto is found to have discriminated against a black customer, experts weigh in on why anti-blackness still exists in marginalized communities.

Jill Andrew has dedicated her career to fighting appearance-based discrimination and body-based harassment, but when she was 15 years old, she said she was confronted with an incident that is still etched in her memory.

Toronto artist Alexei Vella recalls being accosted by a stranger and being called a cripple and the impacts it has had on him, years after it happened.

Daniel Pillai was in grade two when peers would call him a name that would change the course of his adolescence. Global News anchor Farah Nasser speaks with Pillai as part of the #FirstTimeIwasCalled series.

Global News is proud of its contributions to the communities where our journalists live and work across the country, as we celebrate World News Day.

The #FirstTimeIWasCalled project set out to start a conversation based on sharing personal experiences with discrimination. Here's a sample of the discussion so far.

It's important to remember that incidents of false hate-crime reports are "isolated and rare," one advocate said.

The incident happened a few weeks after 9/11 and Farheen Khan said the words and events still haunt her over a decade later. Global News anchor Farah Nasser speaks with Khan about her experience as part of #FirstTimeIwasCalled.

It initially startled her, but just as the words began to set in, Kathleen Wynne realized she was stepping into a new world. Global News anchor Farah Nasser speaks with Wynne about this experience as part of #FirstTimeIwasCalled

When was the first time you were called something negative or hurtful? A panel of Winnipeggers share their stories.

After coming forward with their earliest memories of discrimination as part of the #FirstTimeIwasCalled series, three people say they received both positive and negative feedback.

Global News anchor Farah Nasser spoke with Ontario’s Regional Chief Isadore Day about his experience with racism and discrimination against First Nations people in Canada.

An Amnesty International report says on average a problematic or abusive Tweet is sent to a woman every 30 seconds.

Jagmeet Singh may be the first visible minority to run a federal party, but he says as a child, he was frequently confronted with discrimination.

Experiencing racism day after day can have a profound impact on a person's mental health, experts say.