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 BEAUTY BEFORE AMBITION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_SarahHagen_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I catch up with concert pianist Sarah Hagen, she is sitting on the floor of an airport concourse, halfway ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ILLUMINATION OF FIRE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_IlluminationFire_Header-400x284.jpg)
In October 2023, I had the chance to speak with Wedlidi Speck. Wedlidi is Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-cha-nulth, and ...
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![Explore by Topic HARD-SKINNED FOR THE WIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Squash_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m here to talk about winter squash: the wondrous genetic diversity they display, the dedicated farmers who grow ...
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![Explore by Topic INGRAHAM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Clock_Header-400x284.jpg)
I was asked to share my story with you, and to keep it short at that. Bit of a hard ask for an old clock, but I’ll ...
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![Explore by Topic GUYS TALKING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Men_Header3-400x284.jpg)
Men’s broadly defined health issues—heart troubles, diabetes, liver disease—are deadly. So is depression. Many of ...
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![Explore by Topic 40 YEARS OF VOLLY PATROL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Patrol_Header-400x284.jpg)
Paul Vroom grew up on Vancouver’s North Shore, ripping the slopes of Mt. Seymour. As a kid, he loved hanging out ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX VALLEY TRANSITION SOCIETY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_CVTS_Header-400x284.jpg)
Comox Valley Transition Society (CVTS) was founded in 1987 by a group of caring community members concerned that ...
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![Explore by Topic FOUR WHEELS OF FORTUNE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_RVs_Header-400x284.jpg)
Imagine two scenarios. The first is a quiet suburb of single-family homes—the Canadian dream—but with vans, ...
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![Explore by Topic PACIFIC REMEMBERING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Surfing_Header-400x284.jpg)
There is pure magic when the storm winds begin to blow from that direction. The sky glows and the air smells ...
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![Explore by Topic A LINK TO THE PAST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CVC_Vol36_History_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the oldest buildings in the Comox Valley stands silent vigil on the highway to Campbell River. You can see ...
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![Explore by Topic BEAUTY BEFORE AMBITION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_SarahHagen_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I catch up with concert pianist Sarah Hagen, she is sitting on the floor of an airport ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ILLUMINATION OF FIRE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_IlluminationFire_Header-400x284.jpg)
In October 2023, I had the chance to speak with Wedlidi Speck. Wedlidi is Kwakwaka’wakw, ...
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![Explore by Topic HARD-SKINNED FOR THE WIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Squash_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m here to talk about winter squash: the wondrous genetic diversity they display, the ...
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![Explore by Topic INGRAHAM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Clock_Header-400x284.jpg)
I was asked to share my story with you, and to keep it short at that. Bit of a hard ask for an ...
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![Explore by Topic GUYS TALKING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Men_Header3-400x284.jpg)
Men’s broadly defined health issues—heart troubles, diabetes, liver disease—are deadly. So is ...
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![Explore by Topic 40 YEARS OF VOLLY PATROL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Patrol_Header-400x284.jpg)
Paul Vroom grew up on Vancouver’s North Shore, ripping the slopes of Mt. Seymour. As a kid, he ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX VALLEY TRANSITION SOCIETY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_CVTS_Header-400x284.jpg)
Comox Valley Transition Society (CVTS) was founded in 1987 by a group of caring community ...
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![Explore by Topic FOUR WHEELS OF FORTUNE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_RVs_Header-400x284.jpg)
Imagine two scenarios. The first is a quiet suburb of single-family homes—the Canadian ...
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![Explore by Topic PACIFIC REMEMBERING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CVC_Vol36_Surfing_Header-400x284.jpg)
There is pure magic when the storm winds begin to blow from that direction. The sky glows and ...
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![Explore by Topic A LINK TO THE PAST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CVC_Vol36_History_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the oldest buildings in the Comox Valley stands silent vigil on the highway to Campbell ...
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