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Category Archives: Vancouver Island
Secret Door Podcast: The Haunting of Vancouver Island
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
Tofino’s Climate Strike
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
VIU’s Creative Writing Program: A Graduate’s Review
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
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Student Mentorship & Paranormal Activity
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
Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Be Genocide
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.
Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews
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