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 FEATURED WORDS: DISTANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
The fire that forged the earth
holds the space between us
ancient atoms
in our blood and bones
pulled to the ...
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![Explore by Topic PLAYING WITH FIRE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CVC_Vol23_Fire_Header-400x284.jpg)
“All along the way, where the deep green forest used to stand, lies a waste of mangled trunks and branches, enough ...
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![Explore by Topic COURTENAY AFTER COVID](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Courtenay_Header-400x284.jpg)
The third in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. ...
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![Explore by Topic DRAWN TO THE FLAMES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Flames_Header-400x284.jpg)
Earth, air, water, fire. In the extreme, these elemental forces can be either ineffectual or catastrophic. They ...
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![Explore by Topic ART, A HARVEST, AND A BLESSING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_CVAG_Header-400x284.jpg)
Burning sage, summer heat, and the vegetal scent of the plants in the traditional Indigenous tea garden of the ...
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![Explore by Topic SWEAT IT OUT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Sauna_Header-400x284.jpg)
True story: my first-ever sauna experience included pitchers of gin Caesars and a waterslide—a really steep one. ...
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![Explore by Topic VERACITY OF THE VESPIDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CVC_Vol23_Wasps_Header-400x284.jpg)
Before the headlines were screaming “Murder Hornets!!!” (officially known as Vespa mandarinia, aka “Baskin bees” ...
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![Explore by Topic PUTTING THE SUN TO WORK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CVC_Vol23_Building_Header-400x284.jpg)
From the expansive windows of Courtenay resident Tom Grimmer’s dining room, the Comox Valley is laid out below ...
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![Explore by Topic FORGED IN TOUGH TIMES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I wrote the last Editor’s Letter, things were still reasonably normal in the Comox Valley. But some time ...
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![Explore by Topic Small Town, Big Music Scene](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/black-swan-fiddlers-celtic-concert-greyscale-1-400x284.jpg)
If you’ve never taken in a concert in a small town (think 400 peoplesmall), you may be interested in exploring the ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED WORDS: DISTANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_FeaturedWords_Header-400x284.jpg)
The fire that forged the earth
holds the space between us
ancient atoms
in our blood and ...
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![Explore by Topic PLAYING WITH FIRE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CVC_Vol23_Fire_Header-400x284.jpg)
“All along the way, where the deep green forest used to stand, lies a waste of mangled trunks ...
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![Explore by Topic COURTENAY AFTER COVID](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Courtenay_Header-400x284.jpg)
The third in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...
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![Explore by Topic DRAWN TO THE FLAMES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Flames_Header-400x284.jpg)
Earth, air, water, fire. In the extreme, these elemental forces can be either ineffectual or ...
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![Explore by Topic ART, A HARVEST, AND A BLESSING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_CVAG_Header-400x284.jpg)
Burning sage, summer heat, and the vegetal scent of the plants in the traditional Indigenous ...
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![Explore by Topic SWEAT IT OUT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Sauna_Header-400x284.jpg)
True story: my first-ever sauna experience included pitchers of gin Caesars and a waterslide—a ...
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![Explore by Topic VERACITY OF THE VESPIDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CVC_Vol23_Wasps_Header-400x284.jpg)
Before the headlines were screaming “Murder Hornets!!!” (officially known as Vespa mandarinia, ...
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![Explore by Topic PUTTING THE SUN TO WORK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CVC_Vol23_Building_Header-400x284.jpg)
From the expansive windows of Courtenay resident Tom Grimmer’s dining room, the Comox Valley ...
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![Explore by Topic FORGED IN TOUGH TIMES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol23_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I wrote the last Editor’s Letter, things were still reasonably normal in the Comox ...
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![Explore by Topic Small Town, Big Music Scene](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/black-swan-fiddlers-celtic-concert-greyscale-1-400x284.jpg)
If you’ve never taken in a concert in a small town (think 400 peoplesmall), you may be ...
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