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 ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_HungerMoon_Header-400x284.jpg)
Full disclosure: I am a Traci Skuce fangirl, but because one of the things I love so much about the way she writes ...
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![Explore by Topic FROM FENCE BOARDS TO SURFBOARDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_Surf_Header-400x284.jpg)
When you first look at a Waterman surfboard, you wouldn’t expect it had been crafted by a guy who grew up on the ...
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![Explore by Topic GREY TURNED GREEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_GreyTurnedGreen_Header-400x284.jpg)
The last in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now.
It’s hard ...
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![Explore by Topic MORE THAN KUS-KUS-SUM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_KusKusSum_Header-400x284.jpg)
The famous French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau once said, “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are ...
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![Explore by Topic THROUGH THE VENEER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_Veneer_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Now gently let your breath out and slip beneath the surface. I’ll go under first and be ready for you to join ...
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![Explore by Topic EAT YOUR MEDICINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol33_Food_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of my twins’ favourite meals is tacos. They are easy to prepare and a great way to incorporate all the colours ...
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![Explore by Topic MOVING THROUGH CHANGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CVC_Vol23_MovingThroughChange_Header-400x284.jpg)
Early in 2020, our editorial team envisioned the general look and feel of the covers and themes for the year ...
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![Explore by Topic ON SMOKING AND PICKLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_PicklingFermenting_Header-400x284.jpg)
There’s something that connects me to a greater world when I fire up the smoker. I can’t put my finger on it. ...
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![Explore by Topic INFLUENZA’S DEADLY TRAIL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Influenza_Header-400x284.jpg)
By all accounts, Johnny Bannerman is a very nice young man. He’s a member of the Cumberland Volunteer Fire ...
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![Explore by Topic THE BEAUTY OF THE BURN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Running_Header-400x284.jpg)
Oh my god, this hurts so bad... Why does this hurt so bad?? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Uggggggghhhhhh, this burns so ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_HungerMoon_Header-400x284.jpg)
Full disclosure: I am a Traci Skuce fangirl, but because one of the things I love so much ...
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![Explore by Topic FROM FENCE BOARDS TO SURFBOARDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_Surf_Header-400x284.jpg)
When you first look at a Waterman surfboard, you wouldn’t expect it had been crafted by a guy ...
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![Explore by Topic GREY TURNED GREEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_GreyTurnedGreen_Header-400x284.jpg)
The last in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...
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![Explore by Topic MORE THAN KUS-KUS-SUM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_KusKusSum_Header-400x284.jpg)
The famous French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau once said, “We forget that the water cycle ...
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![Explore by Topic THROUGH THE VENEER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_Veneer_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Now gently let your breath out and slip beneath the surface. I’ll go under first and be ready ...
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![Explore by Topic EAT YOUR MEDICINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol33_Food_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of my twins’ favourite meals is tacos. They are easy to prepare and a great way to ...
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![Explore by Topic MOVING THROUGH CHANGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CVC_Vol23_MovingThroughChange_Header-400x284.jpg)
Early in 2020, our editorial team envisioned the general look and feel of the covers and ...
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![Explore by Topic ON SMOKING AND PICKLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_PicklingFermenting_Header-400x284.jpg)
There’s something that connects me to a greater world when I fire up the smoker. I can’t put ...
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![Explore by Topic INFLUENZA’S DEADLY TRAIL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Influenza_Header-400x284.jpg)
By all accounts, Johnny Bannerman is a very nice young man. He’s a member of the Cumberland ...
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![Explore by Topic THE BEAUTY OF THE BURN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Running_Header-400x284.jpg)
Oh my god, this hurts so bad... Why does this hurt so bad?? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. ...
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