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Emily Fagan

Emily Fagan is a Victoria-based freelance journalist passionate about reporting on social issues and politics. You can find her work in Vice, the CBC, and the Tyee, or follow her on Twitter @thatemfagan.

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Our Place paints young changemakers at centre of fundraising initiative

By Emily Fagan
Jun 4, 2021

For the next six weeks, portraits of young local leaders will be up for bid at the Hillside Mall

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Victoria City Council recommits to ending sexualized violence in the city's hospitality industry

By Emily Fagan
May 30, 2021

The city seeks to address concerns about sexual assault in Victoria through new measures for businesses and council

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Victoria’s first free fridge unveiled to the community

By Emily Fagan
May 28, 2021

Located in Burnside Gorge, the new community-run fridge and pantry is open to all

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New recovery centre empowers youth at risk of homelessness with harm reduction and life skills

By Emily Fagan
May 21, 2021

Threshold Housing Society takes unique approach to addictions treatment offered nowhere else on Vancouver Island

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Decades-long restoration project helps Oak Bay footpath get back to its roots

By Emily Fagan
May 14, 2021

Friends of the Brighton Walkway have turned a space once used to dump refuse into a haven for native plants

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Choir by wire: local singing ensembles evolve to share in song in spite of pandemic

By Emily Fagan
May 7, 2021

Singing groups find community, support through virtual rehearsals and online forum

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This Victoria nonprofit documentary group provides a platform for unhoused people to tell their own stories

By Emily Fagan
Apr 30, 2021

The Existence Project’s latest documentary, 'Moving Day,' will follow the experiences of unhoused Beacon Hill Park inhabitants as 24/7 camping comes to an end

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After surviving COVID, this 81-year-old will run a half marathon for the Victoria Hospital Foundation

By Emily Fagan
Apr 23, 2021

Keith Ashton was originally scheduled to run a full marathon, but then he had heart surgery. Yet, after surviving COVID. Yes, we know