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 QUIETLY QUADRA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_16-Quadra-400x284.jpg)
Quadra Island is the kind of place that offers free wood, free books, free money, and free hugs; the kind of place ...
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![Explore by Topic LOVE IS A BURNING THING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_13-Firepit-400x284.jpg)
Contrary to the expansive vision of the young, it’s often the tiny details where we live the largest parts of ...
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![Explore by Topic FUMBLING TOWARDS GRACE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_18-XC-400x284.jpg)
It took momentous effort to get to the top of this hill and I celebrate the fact that I haven’t vomited on Mt. ...
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![Explore by Topic SHOW OF PROGRESS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_15-Film-400x284.jpg)
In a list of quintessential Comox Valley events, it can be argued that the World Community Film Festival sits ...
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![Explore by Topic FINDING FORBIDDEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_14-Forbidden-400x284.jpg)
There may be no finer view in the Comox Valley than the one from the top of Mount Becher in mid-winter. On a ...
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![Explore by Topic PULLING PLASTIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_17-Climbing-400x284.jpg)
Desperately clinging to a blob of wall-mounted epoxy plastic can be considered a contrived experience by many rock ...
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![Explore by Topic TOFINO](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_12-Tofino-400x284.jpg)
I pulled up to my desk with a fresh Earl Grey and Carolans. It was a sunny afternoon to begin what I thought would ...
![Explore by Topic INSPIRED BY SOUND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_13-CVW-400x284.jpg)
It was a moment that I knew I would cherish long after the crowd departed. I stood in Village Park during The Big ...
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![Explore by Topic A BIG TENT WITH BIG INTENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_11-BigTop-400x284.jpg)
An authentic Italian Circus Tent was shipped half way around the planet to Vancouver Island this past summer. It ...
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![Explore by Topic BRIDGING HISTORY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_12-Where-400x284.jpg)
Roaming north along Royston’s Union Colliery Line, the air is damp and heavy with the scent of smoke wafting from ...
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![Explore by Topic QUIETLY QUADRA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_16-Quadra-400x284.jpg)
Quadra Island is the kind of place that offers free wood, free books, free money, and free ...
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![Explore by Topic LOVE IS A BURNING THING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_13-Firepit-400x284.jpg)
Contrary to the expansive vision of the young, it’s often the tiny details where we live the ...
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![Explore by Topic FUMBLING TOWARDS GRACE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_18-XC-400x284.jpg)
It took momentous effort to get to the top of this hill and I celebrate the fact that I ...
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![Explore by Topic SHOW OF PROGRESS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_15-Film-400x284.jpg)
In a list of quintessential Comox Valley events, it can be argued that the World Community ...
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![Explore by Topic FINDING FORBIDDEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_14-Forbidden-400x284.jpg)
There may be no finer view in the Comox Valley than the one from the top of Mount Becher in ...
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![Explore by Topic PULLING PLASTIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_17-Climbing-400x284.jpg)
Desperately clinging to a blob of wall-mounted epoxy plastic can be considered a contrived ...
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![Explore by Topic TOFINO](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_12-Tofino-400x284.jpg)
I pulled up to my desk with a fresh Earl Grey and Carolans. It was a sunny afternoon to begin ...
![Explore by Topic INSPIRED BY SOUND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_13-CVW-400x284.jpg)
It was a moment that I knew I would cherish long after the crowd departed. I stood in Village ...
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![Explore by Topic A BIG TENT WITH BIG INTENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol1_11-BigTop-400x284.jpg)
An authentic Italian Circus Tent was shipped half way around the planet to Vancouver Island ...
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![Explore by Topic BRIDGING HISTORY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol5_12-Where-400x284.jpg)
Roaming north along Royston’s Union Colliery Line, the air is damp and heavy with the scent of ...
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