How a history of stigma still deters some Black Quebecers from donating blood
;Resize=(620) "Stanley Étienne, 41, says he had to convince his mother to donate blood as well because she is still remembers a time when Haitians were discouraged from donating.")
Policies dating back to the 1980s likely still play a role in the distrust some in Quebec’s Black communities feel toward donating blood, but people like Stanley Étienne, working with Héma-Québec, strive to encourage more people to look past that history to save lives today.
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