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Taking Small Steps: the ups and downs of bipolar disorder

I always joke to myself that I don’t go to the gym because dealing with a brain that is constantly producing different emotions is enough exercise already.

The Only Way to See America

A Greyhound adventure

What South Africa taught me: Stories from UVic’s Colonial Legacies Field School

I knew that the intentions behind the field school were to study colonialism, racism, and poverty, among other things, but I wasn’t prepared for how it would change my perceptions…

Fencing with The Force

Inside a fencing mask, the world disappears. The light of the room dims, eyes shielded by the tight cross-section of wire mesh that stretches around my face like a cage.…

UVic for dummies

 

Deluge

Winner of the 2014 Martlet Summer Fiction Contest

Saving Rivers

“I died three times,” said a resident of Sungai Asap. “Once when we were forced off our land, once when our land was flooded, and once when we weren’t even…

Half empty, half full

The trials and triumphs of Victoria’s independent coffee shops

Mind Games

For many Canadians, the Stanley Cup is the silver chalice closest to their hearts. However, this particular resident of the Great White North possesses another grail that—in his eyes—rivals Lord…