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Mara By The Sea

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Having emigrated from Croatia fifteen years ago and a designer herself, JAKELINA LISTES connects with…

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The Flame Keepers

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Advocacy and Celebration in Victoria, British Columbia’s Black Community

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The Power of Friendship

By Royal Roads University for HERE Magazine

A special friendship can mean the difference between living in a new country and feeling…

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Meet Kindy Carter

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“Island Girl” trades balmy Barbados for Vancouver Island and finds her own little paradise in…

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Meet Elena Muratova

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Skiing since the age of three through long, dark winters in the Murmansk Region of…

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From Grandma’s Hands: Passing Down the Flavours of Home

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Religion, Spirituality, Secularity, and Society in the Pacific Northwest

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