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 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 LITTLE VALLEY: MYLA BEHZAD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m 11 years old and I’ve lived in Cumberland my whole life. I LOVE art. It’s one of my favourite things to do. I ...
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![Explore by Topic TUNED TO THE COMMUNITY’S FREQUENCY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Raven_Header-400x284.jpg)
A lone modular office building with blue vinyl siding rests at the end of a gravel driveway on the edge of Homalco ...
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![Explore by Topic THE THRILL OF THRIFTING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Thrifting_Header-400x284.jpg)
Last year a friend messaged to let me know there was a promotional Walking Dead backpack at one of the thrift ...
![Explore by Topic MIND YOUR SKIN, NATURALLY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Skin_Header-400x284.jpg)
Most of us gain confidence when our skin looks and feels good, and this sometimes reflects how we hold ourselves ...
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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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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: MYLA BEHZAD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m 11 years old and I’ve lived in Cumberland my whole life. I LOVE art. It’s one of my ...
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![Explore by Topic TUNED TO THE COMMUNITY’S FREQUENCY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Raven_Header-400x284.jpg)
A lone modular office building with blue vinyl siding rests at the end of a gravel driveway on ...
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![Explore by Topic THE THRILL OF THRIFTING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Thrifting_Header-400x284.jpg)
Last year a friend messaged to let me know there was a promotional Walking Dead backpack at ...
![Explore by Topic MIND YOUR SKIN, NATURALLY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Skin_Header-400x284.jpg)
Most of us gain confidence when our skin looks and feels good, and this sometimes reflects how ...
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