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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the Comox Valley Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.
![Explore by Topic A DECADE OF DUELLING RÉSUMÉS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SC_Vol8-DuellingResumes-400x284.jpg)
Seated in one of my college classrooms, I received an email from Canada Olympic Park—a confirmation that I would ...
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![Explore by Topic OLD HOUSE ON THE RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Locals_Header-400x284.jpg)
Darren Howlett is sitting in Locals Restaurant, a place he has a long history with. He’s worked in this dining ...
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![Explore by Topic FOSSIL FASCINATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Museum_Header-400x284.jpg)
It is a universal truth, I think, that the further you move through adulthood, the more you’re aware that life is ...
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![Explore by Topic A WORK OF COMPASSION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Hospice_Header-400x284.jpg)
Since 1983, Comox Valley Hospice Society (CVHS) has been working to support the physical, psychological, ...
![Explore by Topic ECHOES IN CHINATOWN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Chinatown_Header-400x284.jpg)
At Cumberland Chinatown’s peak in the years just after the end of World War I, around 1500 residents bustled down ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING SPACE FOR TRADITIONS, OLD AND NEW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SC_Vol8-Intro-400x284.jpg)
At its root, tradition is the sharing of stories. Perhaps our oldest tradition is exactly that: storytelling. ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART OF DRYING FLOWERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Flowers_Header-400x284.jpg)
The practice of pressing and drying flowers and herbs dates back centuries and is part of many Indigenous cultures ...
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![Explore by Topic FALLING IN LOVE WITH FUNGI](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Fungi_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom ...
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![Explore by Topic THE NEXT RIGHT THING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Fall-Intro-400x284.jpg)
My husband and I sometimes travelled with our kids when they were tiny. If we ever stayed in a motel, we would ...
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![Explore by Topic REMARKABLY UNSINKABLE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol34_21-Hilda-400x284.jpg)
It was April 1912 when Hilda Mary Slayter packed her travel trunk with an elegant trousseau in preparation for her ...
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![Explore by Topic A DECADE OF DUELLING RÉSUMÉS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SC_Vol8-DuellingResumes-400x284.jpg)
Seated in one of my college classrooms, I received an email from Canada Olympic Park—a ...
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![Explore by Topic OLD HOUSE ON THE RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Locals_Header-400x284.jpg)
Darren Howlett is sitting in Locals Restaurant, a place he has a long history with. He’s ...
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![Explore by Topic FOSSIL FASCINATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Museum_Header-400x284.jpg)
It is a universal truth, I think, that the further you move through adulthood, the more you’re ...
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![Explore by Topic A WORK OF COMPASSION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Hospice_Header-400x284.jpg)
Since 1983, Comox Valley Hospice Society (CVHS) has been working to support the physical, ...
![Explore by Topic ECHOES IN CHINATOWN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Chinatown_Header-400x284.jpg)
At Cumberland Chinatown’s peak in the years just after the end of World War I, around 1500 ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING SPACE FOR TRADITIONS, OLD AND NEW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SC_Vol8-Intro-400x284.jpg)
At its root, tradition is the sharing of stories. Perhaps our oldest tradition is exactly ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART OF DRYING FLOWERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Flowers_Header-400x284.jpg)
The practice of pressing and drying flowers and herbs dates back centuries and is part of many ...
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![Explore by Topic FALLING IN LOVE WITH FUNGI](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Fungi_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. ...
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![Explore by Topic THE NEXT RIGHT THING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol35_Fall-Intro-400x284.jpg)
My husband and I sometimes travelled with our kids when they were tiny. If we ever stayed in a ...
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![Explore by Topic REMARKABLY UNSINKABLE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol34_21-Hilda-400x284.jpg)
It was April 1912 when Hilda Mary Slayter packed her travel trunk with an elegant trousseau in ...
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