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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 SHOW US YOUR WORDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CVC_Vol27_Words_Header-400x284.jpg)
BECAUSE I AM QUEEN
I wear a crown of many eyes
that sees right through your bullshit lies.
My ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED WORDS: GENIUS LOCI](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
for S’ólh Téméxw (the traditional territories of the Stó:lo-)
out in the valley
plump drupelets fall into ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: FRANCOISE GERVAIS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedPhotographer_Header2-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised in Quebec, Françoise is a self-taught wildlife/landscape photographer. Her first career was as a ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: BRIAN JESSOP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
A member of the Taku River First Nation by birth, Brian was adopted as an infant by Linda and Perry Jessop and ...
![Explore by Topic RAFTING THE ALSEK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Alsek_Header-400x284.jpg)
In August 2020, I travelled to a magical corner of the world where there are more glaciers than anywhere outside ...
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![Explore by Topic ON A HUMBLE SCALE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Catchment_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau went into the woods of Massachusetts and built a simple cabin beside Walden Pond. For ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX VALLEY STARGAZING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Stargazing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Fighting the urge to crawl back into my warm bed, I force myself to grab my camera bag and head into the chilly ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING PERSEVERANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Perseverance_Header-400x284.jpg)
March 4, 2021: “This is not good. I’ve just gone to look at the area. The flagging starts about 50 meters beyond ...
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![Explore by Topic BRINGING BACK THE BYGONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_FurnitureRestoration_Header-400x284.jpg)
My parents were notorious collectors. On any given Saturday, they would pack up our silver E150 Ford Econoline van ...
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![Explore by Topic A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GREEN BURIAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_GreenBurial_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s better to burn out than to fade away? Not always. New alternatives to cremation allow bodies to return to the ...
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![Explore by Topic SHOW US YOUR WORDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CVC_Vol27_Words_Header-400x284.jpg)
BECAUSE I AM QUEEN
I wear a crown of many eyes
that sees right through your ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED WORDS: GENIUS LOCI](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
for S’ólh Téméxw (the traditional territories of the Stó:lo-)
out in the valley
plump ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: FRANCOISE GERVAIS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedPhotographer_Header2-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised in Quebec, Françoise is a self-taught wildlife/landscape photographer. Her ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: BRIAN JESSOP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
A member of the Taku River First Nation by birth, Brian was adopted as an infant by Linda and ...
![Explore by Topic RAFTING THE ALSEK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Alsek_Header-400x284.jpg)
In August 2020, I travelled to a magical corner of the world where there are more glaciers ...
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![Explore by Topic ON A HUMBLE SCALE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Catchment_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau went into the woods of Massachusetts and built a simple cabin ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX VALLEY STARGAZING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Stargazing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Fighting the urge to crawl back into my warm bed, I force myself to grab my camera bag and ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING PERSEVERANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Perseverance_Header-400x284.jpg)
March 4, 2021: “This is not good. I’ve just gone to look at the area. The flagging starts ...
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![Explore by Topic BRINGING BACK THE BYGONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_FurnitureRestoration_Header-400x284.jpg)
My parents were notorious collectors. On any given Saturday, they would pack up our silver ...
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![Explore by Topic A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GREEN BURIAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_GreenBurial_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s better to burn out than to fade away? Not always. New alternatives to cremation allow ...
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