Food Security on Campus
With the cost of food on the rise, it gets harder and harder to budget groceries as a student. VIU and Loaves & Fishes work together to improve...
Taryn Pinder
Taryn is a fifth-year English student double-minoring in Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies and Studies in Women and Gender. She is back at The Navigator for her second year—this time, stepping into the role of Managing Editor. With a passion to encourage writing and storytelling, she is excited to create space for diverse voices on campus.
In her spare time, she volunteers with the VIU Humanities Food Pantry, helping make food and other necessities more accessible to students. In 2025, she received the Helen “Nellie” Keigan Memorial Award for her writing exploring the power of children’s literature. Her essay “Dismantling Dominant Narratives Through Storytelling Tricksters” was selected as the Second-Year Category winner for the VIU 2023-24 English Essay Competition.
If she doesn’t have her nose in a book, Taryn is probably adding to her ever growing personal library or advancing her skills in Métis beadwork—with only a few stabbed fingertips in the process.
Volume 57 | Copy Editor
Volume 58 | Managing Editor
Everything by Taryn Pinder
Editor’s Letter
As I step into the role of Managing Editor, I have been thinking a lot about the history of our organization on campus. In 1969, Malaspina...
More Than Just a Hockey Game
The Nanaimo Clippers hosted their first-ever Pride Night this past January—an event that brought together old fans and new, to create community and...