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Following Brian’s Bliss

I have a confession to make: I wasn’t one of Brian Hendricks’ better students. I didn’t film the outside of his house in the dead of night and drop the…

A pocket guide to the Internet’s reddest flags

What we’re really talking about is critical thinking, which requires self-reflection, being aware of our own shortcomings, and being willing to admit when we are wrong.

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…