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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

We are standing on the Baikie Island Trail, about one kilometre down river from the Haig-Brown House where ...
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I don’t get island fever. Quite the opposite, actually. There is a feeling of safety that transpires with the last ...
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Spring brings variable weather and an itch to cast off the mooring lines. Except my itch goes beyond sailing. I ...
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When the global pandemic first hit the Strathcona region, the local performing arts community was faced with many ...
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Life on Vancouver Island ebbs and flows with the life-cycle of the salmon. In the warmth of the late-September ...
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Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t exactly brimming with ...
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North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and building a community ...
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A few years ago, a fog rolled in on me, gradually placing a dim, grey mist over my view in all directions. I ...
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Urban agriculture can mean a number of things depending on who you ask and where in the world it’s occurring. To ...
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What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it doesn’t.
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We are standing on the Baikie Island Trail, about one kilometre down river from the Haig-Brown ...
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I don’t get island fever. Quite the opposite, actually. There is a feeling of safety that ...
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Spring brings variable weather and an itch to cast off the mooring lines. Except my itch goes ...
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When the global pandemic first hit the Strathcona region, the local performing arts community ...
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Life on Vancouver Island ebbs and flows with the life-cycle of the salmon. In the warmth of ...
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Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t ...
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North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and ...
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A few years ago, a fog rolled in on me, gradually placing a dim, grey mist over my view in all ...
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Urban agriculture can mean a number of things depending on who you ask and where in the world ...
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What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it ...
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