2024 AGM and Board Election
Voting will be open first thing tomorrow, December 16, until the AGM December 17 at 5pm PT.
Jenaya Shaw
Jenaya is in her fifth year as a Psychology and Creative Writing major at VIU. She spent the summer working in temporary housing on Salt Spring Island, where she provided social support for 17 residents. She’s proud to represent The Navigator for a fourth year in a row, and in her second year as Managing Editor. She was Art Director for Portal 2024, where her review of Burning Sage and photography appear. Poem “Little Anna Marie,” memoir piece “In the Rear-View,” and photography are published in Portal 2025. She has also edited for GOOEY Magazine. She served as Program Coordinator for the Nanaimo Arts Council’s ISFR 2024 and 2025 as well as Nanaimo Artwalk 2024 and 2025. So, she mostly works, and is focused on a career in clinical psychology with a background in social psychology. With what little free time she has, Jenaya’s brain rots in Dead by Daylight and strains while writing the occasional short story, though someday she’d like to finish that pesky novel.
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Everything by Jenaya Shaw
Meeting Jesse Roper
Jesse walks into the Rhino Coffee House in Victoria at nine in the morning. He’s wearing flip-flops and gives off an overall Billabong vibe that...
The AI Iceberg
Hey Siri, play “I Am Not a Robot” by Marina and the Diamonds.
Romanticizing the Bad Guy
Pop-culture loves a villain. The Netflix TV show, You, is just one example of how we fall in love with obviously problematic characters. But...
Behind Shut Eyes
We have evolved to sleep, but why? And why does it take up so much of our day? “Behind Shut Eyes” explores the history of sleep in science, and why...
Sailing the Wild
Sailing the open ocean isn’t a child’s dream summer. But after a few years of adventuring the East Coast of Vancouver Island, the Baker family was...
Pumpkin Spice Panic
The challenges of the barista are considered normal in coffee shops—the running, the heat, and the equally kind versus cranky customers with...
Mahsa Day
In Nanaimo, the Iranian-Canadian Cultural Society of Vancouver Island is preparing a protest to participate in the global rally of Mahsa Day this...
Losing Our Minds at Cameron Lake
On their way back from a camping trip in Tofino, a group of friends never imagined that getting stuck on the side of Highway 4 would be the last in...