Category Archives: Vancouver Island

Items relating to Vancouver Island specifically.

Secret Door Podcast: The Haunting of Vancouver Island

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

The interview “The Haunting of Vancouver Island with Shanon Sinn” was released by Secret Door Podcast on October 17th. In this episode, I was interviewed by Melissa Martel about The Haunting of Vancouver Island as well as other regional ghost … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged ESP Podcast, interview, John Chadwick, Melissa Martel, Secret Door Podcast, The Haunting of Vancouver Island | Leave a comment

Tofino’s Climate Strike

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

I wanted to share a few photos I took today during Tofino’s Climate Strike. For those of you who don’t know, Tofino is located on Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It’s where my retro … Continue reading →

Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Battle in the Woods, Clayoquot, climate change, climate strike, Elder Levi Martin, hishuk'ish tsawalk, Nuu-chah-nulth, Terry Dorward, Tla-o-qui-aht, Tlaoquiaht, Tofino, Trans Mountain Pipeline, youth | 1 Comment

VIU’s Creative Writing Program: A Graduate’s Review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

I enrolled at Vancouver Island University during the summer of 2014. I’d been diagnosed with chemotherapy-caused nerve damage – something I still deal with to this day. I was being medically released from the military and had been offered two … Continue reading →

Posted in Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged awards, campus, Creative Writing, dean's list, degree, directed study, disability, electives, field school, First Nations, internship, Nanaimo, SFU, Snuneymuxw, submission package, term paper, UBC, UVic, Vancouver Island University, VIU, workshopping | 8 Comments

Student Mentorship & Paranormal Activity

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

This Spring, I was asked to mentor a grade eight student who was attending the Waldorf School in Duncan. For those unfamiliar with the Waldorf system of education, it values imagination and creativity, but in a practical way. Since its … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged Nanaimo Museum, Nanaimo Mysteries, Paranormal, popobawa, Savannah Heard, student mentorship, Waldorf School | 4 Comments

Some Other Sphere Podcast: Shanon Sinn – The Haunting of Vancouver Island

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

“Shanon Sinn – The Haunting of Vancouver Island” was released by Some Other Sphere podcast on February 27th. In this episode, I was interviewed by Rick Palmer about The Haunting of Vancouver Island and our region’s ghost stories. Because it’s a United … Continue reading →

Posted in Ghosts, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews | Tagged First Nations, ghost stories, interview, podcast, Rick Palmer, Scotland, Shanon Sinn, Some Other Sphere, tarot, The Gotobed Diaries, The Haunting of Vancouver Island | Leave a comment

Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Be Genocide

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Shanon Sinn

An increase in tanker traffic could be the death of the Coast Salish people, not an oil spill. A review of the Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth testimony presented to the National Energy Board of Canada.