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 This Ain’t the Mainland](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DeeliaNelsonPhotography-111-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic Pointing the Bow North](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_4092-400x284.jpg)
Spring brings variable weather and an itch to cast off the mooring lines. Except my itch goes beyond sailing. I ...
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![Explore by Topic The Future is Digital](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_2250-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
When the global pandemic first hit the Strathcona region, the local performing arts community was faced with many ...
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![Explore by Topic River Magic](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MoiraLePatourel_BlackBear-3-edited-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic REIMAGINING REGIONAL RECREATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Rec_Header-400x284.jpg)
Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t exactly brimming with ...
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![Explore by Topic LEARNING LANGUAGE; BUILDING COMMUNITY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CVC_Vol26_NIC_Header-400x284.jpg)
North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and building a community ...
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![Explore by Topic LIFTING THE FOG](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_CBT_Header-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic FREE THE LAWNS!](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_UrbanGardens_Header-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_SOS_Header-400x284.jpg)
What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it doesn’t.
Like most gear ...
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![Explore by Topic GETTING HIGH ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_Alpine_Header-400x284.jpg)
The secret’s out regarding Vancouver Island and its amazing mountains. While all alpine environments are ...
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![Explore by Topic This Ain’t the Mainland](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DeeliaNelsonPhotography-111-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
I don’t get island fever. Quite the opposite, actually. There is a feeling of safety that ...
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![Explore by Topic Pointing the Bow North](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_4092-400x284.jpg)
Spring brings variable weather and an itch to cast off the mooring lines. Except my itch goes ...
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![Explore by Topic The Future is Digital](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_2250-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
When the global pandemic first hit the Strathcona region, the local performing arts community ...
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![Explore by Topic River Magic](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MoiraLePatourel_BlackBear-3-edited-940x470-1-400x284.jpg)
Life on Vancouver Island ebbs and flows with the life-cycle of the salmon. In the warmth of ...
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![Explore by Topic REIMAGINING REGIONAL RECREATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Rec_Header-400x284.jpg)
Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t ...
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![Explore by Topic LEARNING LANGUAGE; BUILDING COMMUNITY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CVC_Vol26_NIC_Header-400x284.jpg)
North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and ...
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![Explore by Topic LIFTING THE FOG](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_CBT_Header-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic FREE THE LAWNS!](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_UrbanGardens_Header-400x284.jpg)
Urban agriculture can mean a number of things depending on who you ask and where in the world ...
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![Explore by Topic IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_SOS_Header-400x284.jpg)
What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it ...
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![Explore by Topic GETTING HIGH ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_Alpine_Header-400x284.jpg)
The secret’s out regarding Vancouver Island and its amazing mountains. While all alpine ...
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