Publication date: Jul 17, 2024

This cross-sectional study examines associations between the race-migration nexus, cumulative exposure to intersectional discrimination (2 years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic), and long-term conditions. A nationwide self-selected sample (n = 32,605) was obtained from a Statistics Canada’s Crowdsourcing online survey from August 4 to 24, 2020. Binary and multinomial logistic regression models were used to examine disparities by the race-migration nexus in accumulative experiences of multiple situations- and identity-based discrimination and their relations with long-term conditions, after controlling for sociodemographic covariates. During the pandemic, discrimination stemming from racialization – such as race/skin color (24. 4% vs 20. 1%) and ethnicity/culture (18. 5% vs 16. 5%) – and cyberspace (34. 1% vs 29. 8%) exaggerated relative to pre-pandemic period; compared to Canadian-born (CB) whites, the likelihood of experiencing multiple discrimination increased alongside the domains of discrimination being additively intersected (e. g., identity-based, all p’s  0. 01); dose-response relationships were found between cumulative exposure to multiple discrimination and odds of reporting long-term conditions (p’s 

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