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.

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Could the stories of the dead shake us out of this moral panic?

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Pixabay: Erika Wittlieb This is a callout to people who know someone who has died in the toxic drug crisis in the last decade. I've got ...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Letter to a friend, because paid writers never waste words even when no one's paying

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Image: Pixabay, johnhain Letter to a friend today as we talked about how to get our heads around what has to come next in the toxic drug cri...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Stigma deepens. People suffer and die. Just another day in BC

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A hundred years from now, our descendants will feel sick to their stomachs when they read about how we treated people who used drugs in ways...
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Friday, February 14, 2025

Our governments are protectionists for the drug cartels

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Image by Manfred Steger, Pixabay John Horgan, David Eby and Justin Trudeau are responsible for the unnecessary deaths of 21,000 people in BC...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

BC's toxic drug crisis: Facts, figures and a video that will break your heart

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I'm fresh from MC'ing a great opening event today for Peers Victoria's speaker series on the toxic drug crisis, and wanting to s...
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