We are the Pacific Current.
We are a team of young journalists, dedicated to uncovering issues affecting residents of British Columbia. Currently, we are focused on a solution oriented view of the housing crisis.
Why the Pacific Current?
We are bringing a fresh angle to issues facing British Columbians while appealing to a broad audience. We are an unpaid organization working on issues passionate to our heart.
Our Team
Liz Halfdanardottir
Liz Hálfdanardóttir is a Canadian-Icelandic writer from Reykjavík, Iceland. She currently resides on the unceded territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples, colonially known as Victoria, BC, where she is pursuing a degree in Writing and a minor in Professional Communication at the University of Victoria. As an student that immigrated to Victoria her relationship with housing in Canada has been one of trial and error. Her writing focuses on Creative Nonfiction.
Alex Lambert
Alex Lambert is a Software Developer studying at the University of Victoria. He is deeply passionate about the housing crisis. He has experienced the housing crisis at every level: working as a plumber building houses, dealing with the Residential Tenancy Branch Compliance and Enforcement, testifying for tenants at Residential Tenancy Branch hearings against landlords attempting nonsense renovictions, helping his mother with homelessness. Him and his FOI pen provides a jaded view of governmental responses to the housing crisis.
Olivia Larsen
Olivia Larsen is an aspiring writer currently studying at the University of Victoria working toward a Writing major and a minor in Journalism. She has a deep enjoyment of the artistic aspects of writing and specializes in poetry and short fiction. Born and raised in Regina Saskatchewan, Olivia provides unique perspectives on issues affecting both British Columbia and Canada.
Nicolas McGregor
Nicholas is a second-year double major in English and History at the University of Victoria. He enjoys writing and is deeply interested in the mechanics of the English language—despite not enjoying reading. Nicholas specializes in 20th-century warfare, for therein lies the seeds of our modern geo-political landscape. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he is grateful that his parents moved to Victoria when he was two. Nicholas spends his free time in the forest or fixing his ever-troublesome Volkswagen Westfalia.
Brian Whitman
Brian Whitman is currently completing his Bachelors of Arts at the University of Victoria. He is originally from Hamilton Ontario, where he lived there until he was 17 before moving to Victoria. Once he is finished, he plans on completing a masters and Ph.D. in English so that he can teach English in universities. Brian loves reading the classics, and especially loves to play the piano. Music, astronomy and Reading are his favourite pastimes.