Precedented Times
The extreme flooding in southern BC has been and continues to be devastating. The prolonged heavy rainfall caused mudslides that blocked and...
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
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, and It’s Okay to be Sad
The weather can bring you down. I dealt with many blistering cold days in my home province of Alberta—days with the kind of wind that numbs your...
Rainbows
A nine year old girl whose parents have divorced steps into a room and sits next to another child, an eight year old boy whose mom has just passed...
Thrifting for Thrift Stores
Thrifting is an economical, eco friendly, and increasingly trendy (not to mention fun) shopping experience. However, when my friends ask if I would...
Spider’s Web Dip
I love Halloween. I get to dress up, decorate my house, watch scary movies, and sneak from the candy bowl that I'm supposed to give the trick or...
The “Halloween Bird”
Have you ever been walking in a forest near Nanaimo when, out of the corner of your eye, you see an orange-black blur dart through the trees? If so,...
A Labour of Love and Honeybees
You couldn’t see them so much as you could hear them. The bees buzzed quickly past my head, busy collecting pollen for their colonies. It was spring...
Just Show Up
I think we can all agree that last year was a difficult one. It became so overwhelming that I had to drop some classes. Online learning and my...