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.

Showing posts with label brain injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain injury. Show all posts
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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Monday, September 16, 2024

Lock 'em up: Everything old is new again

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Image by  Gerd Altmann  from  Pixabay And just like that, institutionalization is back.  My head is in a whirl. After untold hours of my ear...
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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Life sentence for victims of intimate partner violence

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Sharing an opinion piece I wrote this week that was published today in the Times Colonist , sparked by the sentencing of a serial assaulter ...
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