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 social services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social services. Show all posts
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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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Pump up the volume on the social crisis

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Gerd Altmann, Pixabay I wrote a letter to the editor to the Victoria Times Colonist that they ran Sept 27 as an opinion piece , which I then...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

In case you were wondering: A surfeit of social realities to explain (a bit) about how we got here

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Image by  Taken  from  Pixabay I haven't worked as a full-time journalist for almost 20 years now, but people still pay me to go find th...
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Friday, October 02, 2009

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Fight back - these cuts will do lasting harm I’ve kept a rough list of the B.C. programs and services being lost as a result of government c...
Friday, August 28, 2009

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Throne Speech foreshadows cuts to come Maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones and barely feel a blip when the provincial government reveals i...
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