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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

ON ANY GIVEN THURSDAY

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 16

I came across a photo box recently containing pictures of a summer my family spent in a rented cottage at Penn ...

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THE CLARITY OF GLASS

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, People & Places, Volume 16

I was sitting in a ceramics class attempting to blow into a hand-built vessel when the spark for glass blowing ...

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PREPARING FOR THE PRESENT

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Health & Wellness, Volume 16

On a sunny afternoon six years ago while riding my motorcycle home from Campbell River on the Old Island Highway, ...

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SHUT IT DOWN

CV Collective, Fall, Intro, Comox Valley, Volume 16

I am a true introvert, my husband a true extrovert. Which means we spend a lot of time telling each other how ...

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SPINNING GOLD

CV Collective, Summer, Mainland & Beyond, Travel & Discovery, Volume 15

I feel most at home in vast wilderness landscapes. Here, the bears and wildflowers alike are my equals, and the ...

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THE GREAT INDOORS

CV Collective, Summer, Strathcona, Travel & Discovery, Volume 15

If you live on Vancouver Island, you are blessed with an abundance of places to experience the raw and rugged ...

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LITTLE VALLEY: NAOMI CHARETTE

CV Collective, Little Valley, Summer, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 15

Hi, my name is Naomi and I’m currently a student at Cumberland Community School. I've lived in Cumberland for ...

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GIRL ON FIRE

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, People & Places, Volume 15

“You know what I’ve been doing,” says Sarah Neufeld exuberantly, on the phone from the back of a Toronto taxi. ...

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OPPRESSION AND RESILIENCE

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Volume 15

134 years ago, the Canadian Government introduced legislation to ban the P'a_sa, or Potlach, in an attempt to ...

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SMOOTHING A DIFFICULT PATH

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 15

When you think about your high school experience, what comes to mind? The friendships, sports, or parties? Maybe ...

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ON ANY GIVEN THURSDAY

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 16

I came across a photo box recently containing pictures of a summer my family spent in a rented ...

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Dave Nowak

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

THE CLARITY OF GLASS

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, People & Places, Volume 16

I was sitting in a ceramics class attempting to blow into a hand-built vessel when the spark ...

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Suzanna Weimer

Photos by

Vince Kehn

PREPARING FOR THE PRESENT

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Health & Wellness, Volume 16

On a sunny afternoon six years ago while riding my motorcycle home from Campbell River on the ...

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Mac Newton

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Jenn Dykstra

SHUT IT DOWN

CV Collective, Fall, Intro, Comox Valley, Volume 16

I am a true introvert, my husband a true extrovert. Which means we spend a lot of time telling ...

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Allie Jenkinson

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Jenn Dykstra

SPINNING GOLD

CV Collective, Summer, Mainland & Beyond, Travel & Discovery, Volume 15

I feel most at home in vast wilderness landscapes. Here, the bears and wildflowers alike are ...

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Leah Ballin

THE GREAT INDOORS

CV Collective, Summer, Strathcona, Travel & Discovery, Volume 15

If you live on Vancouver Island, you are blessed with an abundance of places to experience the ...

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Laurel Sliskovic

Photos by

James Headrick

LITTLE VALLEY: NAOMI CHARETTE

CV Collective, Little Valley, Summer, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 15

Hi, my name is Naomi and I’m currently a student at Cumberland Community School. I've lived in ...

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Naomi Charette

GIRL ON FIRE

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, People & Places, Volume 15

“You know what I’ve been doing,” says Sarah Neufeld exuberantly, on the phone from the back of ...

Words by

Mike B.

Photo by

Gesi Schilling

OPPRESSION AND RESILIENCE

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Volume 15

134 years ago, the Canadian Government introduced legislation to ban the P'a_sa, or Potlach, ...

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Keisha Everson

Photo by

Boomer Jerritt

SMOOTHING A DIFFICULT PATH

CV Collective, Summer, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 15

When you think about your high school experience, what comes to mind? The friendships, sports, ...

Words by

Thea Miller

Photos by

Jenny Deters