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.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Homelessness is still a problem. Gee, go figure

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Ten years ago now, I was part of a major initiative to address homelessness in Victoria. The Mayor's Task Force on Breaking the Cycle ...
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Thursday, July 06, 2017

Stop Operation Northern Spotlight. Stand up for sex workers' rights. Don't be the modern-day version of Martin Luther King's blandly dangerous 'white moderate'

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I'm adding my voice to what I hope will be an ever-larger chorus of British Columbians asking that police departments in BC refuse to ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The story of my mom

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Mom loved this 2015 photo from the Chow reunion, which miraculously captured all but one of her kids, their spouses and children in one...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2017

What would we hear if we listened?

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Garifuna woman in Honduras prepares yucca bread, a staple of the Garifuna diet. My Cuso International volunteer credentials have earned...
Saturday, April 08, 2017

To all the dogs I've loved

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  I can’t imagine what the dogs that run into Paul and I must think of us these days, trailing what must be bits of the scent of a dozen ...
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