Jenaya Shaw

Managing Editor
Jenaya is a multi-genre writer and artist in her fourth year as a Creative Writing and Psychology major. She’s proud to represent The Nav as a senior writer and Managing Editor for Volume 56. She lead social media and was Art Director for Portal 2024, where her review of Burning Sage and photos such as “Match Made” and “Wall-Crawler” appear. Over the summer, she worked as an Editor for GOOEY Magazine. Now, having served as co-Program Coordinator for the Nanaimo Arts Council’s 2024 Islands Short Fiction Review, she is the leading Coordinator for Nanaimo Artwalk 2024. Jenaya spends her free time reading, drawing, playing survival horror games, and writing her novel. Her future dreams include catching rays and reporting in Australia or Taiwan.

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Everything by Jenaya Shaw

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...
LAUREN AND I, FEET SPLASHING IN THE WATER, LEANING TO THE PORT SIDE DURING A SAIL. PHOTO BY: JEN BAKER (JENAYA’S MUM)

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...

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...