A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Thursday, December 04, 2025

Half a millenium is long enough to know that what you're doing isn't working

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I went looking for the origins of that phrase "the deserving poor" today. It turns out to be a 426-year-old term dating back to th...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Rising intimate partner violence rates are just one of the many canaries in our coal mine

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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We are a long way from done.  The line on the graph looks lik...
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Saturday, November 01, 2025

The cruel, pointless belief that we can address a social crisis with enforcement

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Scrambling to pack up as bylaw gets ready to close in In days gone by, I'd be out talking to people living homeless and hearing mostly a...
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Friday, October 17, 2025

Word volley on the social crisis from the local newspaper, in order

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Wal_172619 Pixabay If words in a newspaper could solve the social crisis on our streets, we'd be on our way with the back-and-forths tha...
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Thursday, October 09, 2025

Can we be (Instagram) friends?

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  Bylaw sweep is on in Victoria and this man has to run to get to his stuff before it's gone A communications strategist living through ...
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