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.

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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Sunday, September 14, 2025

¡Basta ya!

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I remember a time when I thought that online comment sections under news stories would encourage the sharing of fascinating insights and com...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2025

We call it luck. They called it planning

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  I was standing on the beach at Esquimalt Lagoon a couple of days ago, gazing out across the sea at the Olympic Peninsula and having that...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

When "passing" isn't an option

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Pixabay - Roninmd The concept of “passing” has presumably been around since whenever the first person on the outside of the dominant social ...
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Friday, July 04, 2025

Life's a mess for people on the streets. But at least they've got friends

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Bianca van Djyk, Pixabay I spent a bit of time on “the block” this past weekend, that stretch of Pandora Avenue that is currently one of the...
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