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 THE NOSE KNOWS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bark! Bark! Bark! We are an hour and a half into our wilderness validation search; Rudy has already found two ...
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![Explore by Topic WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When LOVE was suggested as our summer theme, I jumped on it. I planned to write an inspiring intro that would ...
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![Explore by Topic CHANGING TIDES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_GooseSpit_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic locations in the Comox Valley is Goose Spit, a long finger of land that shields Comox ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SNOWLINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Snowline_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2021, I decided to travel across British Columbia with my bike and my skis—or, more accurately—with my skis on ...
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![Explore by Topic A LOVE LETTER TO WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_CleaMinaker_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise.”
– Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: CHRISTIAN GEISSLER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised on British Columbia’s West Coast, Christian grew up with a deep appreciation for nature, thanks to ...
![Explore by Topic NOSY NEIGHBOURS WELCOME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_HomeGardenTour_Header-400x284.jpg)
We meet in the shadows and plan our route for the late afternoon, prowling the alleys, neighbourhood by ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED WORDS: I’M LEARNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
Wi'yugwa̱mala dłuwa̱n, - Baby with me,
Łax̱wa̱lanukwa̱n tłus. - I love you.
Mu'la̱n gax̱a'aḵus. - I’m ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MORGAN NORTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Eighteen-year-old Morgan, a Comox Valley resident, started taking photos with a smart phone when he was 12 and ...
![Explore by Topic COMMUNITY, CARE, AND QUILTING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Quilters_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of my earliest memories is playing under my grandmother’s quilt frame while she and her friends sewed a quilt ...
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![Explore by Topic THE NOSE KNOWS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bark! Bark! Bark! We are an hour and a half into our wilderness validation search; Rudy has ...
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![Explore by Topic WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When LOVE was suggested as our summer theme, I jumped on it. I planned to write an inspiring ...
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![Explore by Topic CHANGING TIDES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_GooseSpit_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic locations in the Comox Valley is Goose Spit, a long finger of land that ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SNOWLINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Snowline_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2021, I decided to travel across British Columbia with my bike and my skis—or, more ...
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![Explore by Topic A LOVE LETTER TO WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_CleaMinaker_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise.”
– Braiding ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: CHRISTIAN GEISSLER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised on British Columbia’s West Coast, Christian grew up with a deep appreciation ...
![Explore by Topic NOSY NEIGHBOURS WELCOME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_HomeGardenTour_Header-400x284.jpg)
We meet in the shadows and plan our route for the late afternoon, prowling the alleys, ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED WORDS: I’M LEARNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
Wi'yugwa̱mala dłuwa̱n, - Baby with me,
Łax̱wa̱lanukwa̱n tłus. - I love you.
Mu'la̱n ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MORGAN NORTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Eighteen-year-old Morgan, a Comox Valley resident, started taking photos with a smart phone ...
![Explore by Topic COMMUNITY, CARE, AND QUILTING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Quilters_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of my earliest memories is playing under my grandmother’s quilt frame while she and her ...
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