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 LITTLE VALLEY: JUSTIN YARETZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_15-LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
My name is Justin, and I am a very active boy who loves the outdoors. My favourite summer sports are BMX racing ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: ALEX MAERTZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_14-FeaturedArtist-400x284.jpg)
Alex Maertz is an illustrator based on the west coast. Born a stone’s throw from the woods, she instinctively ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: PAIGE OWEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_13-FeaturedPhotographer-400x284.jpg)
Paige Owen is a photographer and graphic designer based in the Comox Valley. She takes inspiration from her ...
![Explore by Topic SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CVC_Vol18_12-Timber-400x284.jpg)
We live in an incredible rainforest. Part of the wonder of our local geography is the amazing old-growth trees ...
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![Explore by Topic IN HER ELEMENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_11-Surfer_Gallery-400x284.jpg)
Take a moment and listen to your breath. Inside it is the cadence of the ocean, the push and pull of an endless ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING THE BALANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_10-MarineStewards-400x284.jpg)
The Baynes Sound herring spawn in March is a spectacle, and the largest of its kind. About 38% of all the herring ...
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![Explore by Topic THE RETURN OF GIANTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_9-Whales-400x284.jpg)
For the past 15 years, I’ve spent summers working as a kayak guide leading multi-day trips, mostly in the waters ...
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![Explore by Topic CRUMBLING CANNERIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_8-Canneries_Header2-400x284.jpg)
It was the 1880s and “The Great Salmon Industry” was in its golden years on the British Columbia coast. Entire ...
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![Explore by Topic AQUA MAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_7-AquaMan-400x284.jpg)
His name is Kumugwe (pronounced “koo-moo-gwee”). He lives in a mansion made of precious metals, is revered as a ...
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![Explore by Topic CURRENT DEMAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CVC_Vol18_6-BaynesSound-400x284.jpg)
The red embers of cigarettes glow through a thick fog. It’s 6am and workers outside the processing plant at Mac’s ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: JUSTIN YARETZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_15-LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
My name is Justin, and I am a very active boy who loves the outdoors. My favourite summer ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: ALEX MAERTZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_14-FeaturedArtist-400x284.jpg)
Alex Maertz is an illustrator based on the west coast. Born a stone’s throw from the woods, ...
![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: PAIGE OWEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_13-FeaturedPhotographer-400x284.jpg)
Paige Owen is a photographer and graphic designer based in the Comox Valley. She takes ...
![Explore by Topic SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CVC_Vol18_12-Timber-400x284.jpg)
We live in an incredible rainforest. Part of the wonder of our local geography is the amazing ...
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![Explore by Topic IN HER ELEMENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_11-Surfer_Gallery-400x284.jpg)
Take a moment and listen to your breath. Inside it is the cadence of the ocean, the push and ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING THE BALANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_10-MarineStewards-400x284.jpg)
The Baynes Sound herring spawn in March is a spectacle, and the largest of its kind. About 38% ...
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![Explore by Topic THE RETURN OF GIANTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_9-Whales-400x284.jpg)
For the past 15 years, I’ve spent summers working as a kayak guide leading multi-day trips, ...
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![Explore by Topic CRUMBLING CANNERIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_8-Canneries_Header2-400x284.jpg)
It was the 1880s and “The Great Salmon Industry” was in its golden years on the British ...
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![Explore by Topic AQUA MAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol18_7-AquaMan-400x284.jpg)
His name is Kumugwe (pronounced “koo-moo-gwee”). He lives in a mansion made of precious ...
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![Explore by Topic CURRENT DEMAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CVC_Vol18_6-BaynesSound-400x284.jpg)
The red embers of cigarettes glow through a thick fog. It’s 6am and workers outside the ...
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