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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.

Good news

Crafting a safety net through tough times

By Emily Fagan
Mar 5, 2021

How a teen entrepreneur's community kept her off the street

Good news

Local group provides homes for unhoused with innovative refugee-inspired sponsorship pilot program

By Emily Fagan
Feb 26, 2021

The senior-run community group is supporting unhoused people in their neighbourhood

Good news

A local pandemic favourite, Dumpling Drop looks to pay community support forward to the Alzheimer Society

By Emily Fagan
Feb 19, 2021

The new takeout restaurant grew from its founder’s mother’s diagnosis with the disease

Good news

More Victorians than ever want pets during the pandemic, and shelters are emptying

By Emily Fagan
Feb 12, 2021

Owners seeking solace and companionship in animals have adopted record numbers of pets

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhood house empowers thousands of local youth with crucial life skills

By Emily Fagan
Feb 5, 2021

Quadra Village Community Centre prepares youth in one of Victoria’s most financially hard-hit neighbourhoods with employment and leadership skills they need to succeed in adulthood

Neighbourhoods

‘Food security is family security’ — how one Neighbourhood House has delivered thousands of meals in Victoria

By Emily Fagan
Jan 28, 2021

The Oakland Community Association has provided more than 3,000 food hampers to families in Victoria since the start of the pandemic

Neighbourhoods

Canada’s biggest community of little free libraries has only grown stronger through COVID-19

By Emily Fagan
Dec 12, 2020

Some of the book exchanges have pivoted to hand sanitizer and puzzles, but books are still circulating

Environment

Local conservation groups launch bid to buy North Pender Island forest

By Emily Fagan
Nov 26, 2020

Currently owned by a Victoria pair, the 12.95-acre S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest is home to Coastal Douglas-fir, wetlands, and 35 species of birds