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 FLOATING ON](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I don’t think I truly understood the word “bittersweet” before I became a mother. When I watch my son play with ...
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![Explore by Topic INTO THE GREAT WHITE OPEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_16-Antartctica_Header-400x284.jpg)
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest of earth’s continents. Though it’s a region of extremes, it’s much ...
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![Explore by Topic TREE OF LIFE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_14-LifeDrawing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Every second week, a group of adults varying in age and background meets at the beautiful Abbey Studio, a ...
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![Explore by Topic GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_15-EricGreene-400x284.jpg)
Eric Greene’s mornings are different from most people’s. The New York city-based 36 year-old wakes before dawn, ...
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![Explore by Topic BAR CART BOUNTY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_13-HeavenlyLibations-400x284.jpg)
For many, spring means decadent chocolate Easter eggs and sunny daffodils. For others it’s the first taste of our ...
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![Explore by Topic SPIN IT TO WIN IT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_12-Spin-400x284.jpg)
When the days grow short and the nights grow long, the foggy village of Cumberland starts to slow down. But in a ...
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![Explore by Topic DEATH OF A WORKER’S FRIEND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-GingerGoodwin-400x284.jpg)
Near the end of July 1918, the blackberries were just starting to ripen, a welcome development for the hungry ...
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![Explore by Topic GRAVITATIONAL PULL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-CoastGravity-400x284.jpg)
Though the Comox Valley leaves little to be desired for the Island’s mountain biking community, our excitement ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: TAYLOR GRINDE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_10-LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
At 11 years old and growing up in the Comox Valley, I am lucky to be exposed to a lot of culture and experiences. ...
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![Explore by Topic THE PEACOCK BEAN PARADOX](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_9-BeanParadox-400x284.jpg)
Both of my parents emigrated from Europe to Canada soon after WW2. People of the Netherlands, like other ...
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![Explore by Topic FLOATING ON](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I don’t think I truly understood the word “bittersweet” before I became a mother. When I watch ...
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![Explore by Topic INTO THE GREAT WHITE OPEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_16-Antartctica_Header-400x284.jpg)
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest of earth’s continents. Though it’s a region of ...
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![Explore by Topic TREE OF LIFE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_14-LifeDrawing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Every second week, a group of adults varying in age and background meets at the beautiful ...
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![Explore by Topic GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_15-EricGreene-400x284.jpg)
Eric Greene’s mornings are different from most people’s. The New York city-based 36 year-old ...
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![Explore by Topic BAR CART BOUNTY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_13-HeavenlyLibations-400x284.jpg)
For many, spring means decadent chocolate Easter eggs and sunny daffodils. For others it’s the ...
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![Explore by Topic SPIN IT TO WIN IT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_12-Spin-400x284.jpg)
When the days grow short and the nights grow long, the foggy village of Cumberland starts to ...
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![Explore by Topic DEATH OF A WORKER’S FRIEND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-GingerGoodwin-400x284.jpg)
Near the end of July 1918, the blackberries were just starting to ripen, a welcome development ...
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![Explore by Topic GRAVITATIONAL PULL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-CoastGravity-400x284.jpg)
Though the Comox Valley leaves little to be desired for the Island’s mountain biking ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: TAYLOR GRINDE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_10-LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
At 11 years old and growing up in the Comox Valley, I am lucky to be exposed to a lot of ...
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![Explore by Topic THE PEACOCK BEAN PARADOX](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_9-BeanParadox-400x284.jpg)
Both of my parents emigrated from Europe to Canada soon after WW2. People of the Netherlands, ...
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