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 HERRING GOLD RUSH OF 1979](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Herring_Header-400x284.webp)
In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from their bibs and clung ...
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![Explore by Topic BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol37_Library_Header-400x284.webp)
A steady stream of people stops in front of a typical home in Courtenay’s Old Orchard neighbourhood. They come by ...
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![Explore by Topic THE STRATHCONA REGION IS GUIDED BY PASSION AND PURPOSE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SC_Vol9_Intro-400x284.webp)
As the editor of the Strathcona Collective, it is my privilege to help writers and community members throughout ...
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![Explore by Topic OUR COMMUNITY RUNS ON HUMAN CREATIVITY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol37_Intro_Header-400x284.webp)
A beautiful mosaic
This is my first time writing in my own magazine. Writing has never been a passion of ...
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![Explore by Topic OUTRIGGER CANOEING IN SAMOA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol36_Samoa_Header-400x284.webp)
SAMOAN SOUL
Sitting on the start line of the World Long Distance Championships for outrigger canoeing in ...
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![Explore by Topic A PLAN FOR HOME-GROWN DOCTORS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol34_20-NIC-400x284.jpg)
Finding a family doctor or health care professional is difficult enough in urban centres, but it’s even harder for ...
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![Explore by Topic SEASONAL GOODS: WINTER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_ROAMGoods_Header-400x284.jpg)
The ROAM team has selected some of their favourite winter items that we think everyone should know about. All are ...
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![Explore by Topic WHEN THE BURNOUT IS REAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Burnout_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the summer of 2023, approximately 70 local emergency services personnel from the Comox Valley were deployed to ...
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![Explore by Topic LIVES OF LOGGERS AND FARMERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Books_Header-400x284.jpg)
The earliest inhabitants of the Comox Valley lived lightly on these lands for millennia and didn’t capture their ...
![Explore by Topic TO CHOOSE THE TREES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Poetry_Header-400x284.jpg)
i will always choose the trees
if i have to choose
between society
or the forest.
it makes sense
to me in ...
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![Explore by Topic THE HERRING GOLD RUSH OF 1979](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Herring_Header-400x284.webp)
In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from ...
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![Explore by Topic BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol37_Library_Header-400x284.webp)
A steady stream of people stops in front of a typical home in Courtenay’s Old Orchard ...
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![Explore by Topic THE STRATHCONA REGION IS GUIDED BY PASSION AND PURPOSE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SC_Vol9_Intro-400x284.webp)
As the editor of the Strathcona Collective, it is my privilege to help writers and community ...
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![Explore by Topic OUR COMMUNITY RUNS ON HUMAN CREATIVITY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol37_Intro_Header-400x284.webp)
A beautiful mosaic
This is my first time writing in my own magazine. Writing has never ...
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![Explore by Topic OUTRIGGER CANOEING IN SAMOA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CVC_Vol36_Samoa_Header-400x284.webp)
SAMOAN SOUL
Sitting on the start line of the World Long Distance Championships for ...
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![Explore by Topic A PLAN FOR HOME-GROWN DOCTORS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CVC_Vol34_20-NIC-400x284.jpg)
Finding a family doctor or health care professional is difficult enough in urban centres, but ...
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![Explore by Topic SEASONAL GOODS: WINTER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_ROAMGoods_Header-400x284.jpg)
The ROAM team has selected some of their favourite winter items that we think everyone should ...
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![Explore by Topic WHEN THE BURNOUT IS REAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Burnout_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the summer of 2023, approximately 70 local emergency services personnel from the Comox ...
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![Explore by Topic LIVES OF LOGGERS AND FARMERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Books_Header-400x284.jpg)
The earliest inhabitants of the Comox Valley lived lightly on these lands for millennia and ...
![Explore by Topic TO CHOOSE THE TREES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Poetry_Header-400x284.jpg)
i will always choose the trees
if i have to choose
between society
or the forest.
it makes ...
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