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Sabrina Mudryk

Sabrina is a fifth-year Psychology and Creative Writing student. Her poem "They Are Waiting" won last year's Portent Prize and was featured in Portal's 2021 Magazine. She loves exploring Vancouver Island, telling people about the UFO Landing Pad in her hometown, and is a wannabe free diver. In her last year of schooling she has realized just how much potential there is in being a student at VIU.

Everything by Sabrina Mudryk

A Chestnut Backed Chickadee posing on a log that has little tufts of lichen green lichen on it with a blurred green background. The chickadee has a black head with white lines under its eyes. It has a chestnut brown back and a greyish white belly. The image is to demonstrate what this type of bird looks like.

The Dawn Chorus

Spring is here! The days are getting longer, the grass is greener, and the air feels fresher than ever. Walking around Nanaimo, I can’t help but...
April 04, 2022
Image is of a set of white over the ear headphones in a green grassy field with a lone daisy poking out from in the middle of it. To represent listening to music in nature.

Ease the Stress

It's a stressful time of year for many students. The spring semester is almost over, and exams and final project deadlines loom ahead. But that...
April 02, 2022
This image contains different people experiencing different forms of love. Hearts with strings wrap around people and the love they are experiencing. There is a child flying a kite, a woman playing fetch with her dog, two girl friends walking together, and two men back to back on a tree.
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What is Love?

Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Chocolates and flowers are flying off the shelves like hot cakes, and stores are lined in red, pink, and...
February 08, 2022
Megan is wearing tree-planting bags full of tree saplings. She is bent over planting a tree sapling in the ground with a shovel. She is standing in a block that has been logged.
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Tree-Planting:

The freezing rain pelts your back, creeping into your boots and soaking through your clothes. You curse yourself for begging for rain during the hot...
January 11, 2022