Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic
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 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: COLIN PENDZIWOL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.webp)
Colin has always been drawn to photography’s ability to preserve and share life’s experiences. He enjoyed taking ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: LEE GASS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.webp)
Lee Gass has been sculpting all his life. He carves stone and wood sculptures for indoor and outdoor display and ...
![Explore by Topic CAMPBELL RIVER FOOD BANK’S DREAM FOR THE FUTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_Food-Bank_Header-400x284.webp)
It's been a tough winter for our island community. We all know a neighbour who has suffered an unexpected job ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: ODUS ATKINSON](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_LittleValley_Header-400x284.webp)
A flowing rhythm: thoughts on a creative life
My name is Odus. I am 12 years old, and I have lived on Hornby ...
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![Explore by Topic THE JOYS OF KEEPING BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Birds_Header-400x284.webp)
A FLOCK OF OUR OWN
Two years ago, we moved from Cumberland to Black Creek and brought our small flock of hens ...
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![Explore by Topic HOMALCO NATION’S NEW TRANSPORTATION COMPANY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SC_Vol9_QayaWay_Header-400x284.webp)
Today, they’re taking staff up to April Point Resort. Tomorrow, they’re headed up the Toba Inlet. “We go where ...
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![Explore by Topic MAKING CUMBERLAND TRAILS MORE INCLUSIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Gene_Header-400x284.webp)
To the casual observer, Gene Wey is a glass-full-to-the-brim kind of person. When a doctor told him he would never ...
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![Explore by Topic MEET THE ARTISTS AT THE QUADRA ISLAND STUDIO TOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_HeArt_Header-400x284.webp)
It started with four thousand bricks—hauled by two high school sweethearts, newly married, from Calgary to Quadra ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING A SANCTUARY FOR CORKY THE ORCA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_DoubleBaySanctuary_Header-400x284.jpg)
My work for cetaceans began in the 1990s. Using my love of ocean sailing and racing as a platform, I raised ...
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![Explore by Topic TRANSIENT ORCAS ARE THRIVING IN THE SALISH SEA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Orcas_Header-400x284.webp)
Through conservation efforts and education, humans have finally made space for our supernatural neighbours, the ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: COLIN PENDZIWOL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.webp)
Colin has always been drawn to photography’s ability to preserve and share life’s experiences. ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: LEE GASS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.webp)
Lee Gass has been sculpting all his life. He carves stone and wood sculptures for indoor and ...
![Explore by Topic CAMPBELL RIVER FOOD BANK’S DREAM FOR THE FUTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SC_Vol9_Food-Bank_Header-400x284.webp)
It's been a tough winter for our island community. We all know a neighbour who has suffered an ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: ODUS ATKINSON](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_LittleValley_Header-400x284.webp)
A flowing rhythm: thoughts on a creative life
My name is Odus. I am 12 years old, and I ...
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![Explore by Topic THE JOYS OF KEEPING BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Birds_Header-400x284.webp)
A FLOCK OF OUR OWN
Two years ago, we moved from Cumberland to Black Creek and brought our ...
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![Explore by Topic HOMALCO NATION’S NEW TRANSPORTATION COMPANY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SC_Vol9_QayaWay_Header-400x284.webp)
Today, they’re taking staff up to April Point Resort. Tomorrow, they’re headed up the Toba ...
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![Explore by Topic MAKING CUMBERLAND TRAILS MORE INCLUSIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Gene_Header-400x284.webp)
To the casual observer, Gene Wey is a glass-full-to-the-brim kind of person. When a doctor ...
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![Explore by Topic MEET THE ARTISTS AT THE QUADRA ISLAND STUDIO TOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_HeArt_Header-400x284.webp)
It started with four thousand bricks—hauled by two high school sweethearts, newly married, ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING A SANCTUARY FOR CORKY THE ORCA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_DoubleBaySanctuary_Header-400x284.jpg)
My work for cetaceans began in the 1990s. Using my love of ocean sailing and racing as a ...
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![Explore by Topic TRANSIENT ORCAS ARE THRIVING IN THE SALISH SEA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Orcas_Header-400x284.webp)
Through conservation efforts and education, humans have finally made space for our ...
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