Turning the Page
You’ve seen them. The posters, the wire racks, the newspaper boxes. You’ve seen their name in the...
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Tag: journalism
Dear Mom and Dad, I Want to Be a Writer
At four years old, I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was in kindergarten—barely...
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Erin Perkins
The start of the 2022 school year has me thinking of beginnings but also traditions. I’m the...
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Reporting and Reconciliation
Connie Walker is the speaker for VIU’s seventh annual Indigenous Speakers Series, in...
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Violence against journalists should worry you
2018 was one of the worst years for violence against journalists in recent memory. According to a...
Read MoreThe future of journalism
By contributor Kelly Whiteside When I chose to attend university for Creative Writing, my mom warned me I wouldn’t be able to find a well-paying job in my field. Two years into my degree, I decided to focus more on journalism in...
Read MoreIf it bleeds, it leads
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Gruesome, I know. That phrase has been repeated to me a few times throughout my university degree, and it always grosses me out. The idea was—when journalism was still a profitable job—if there...
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News in a nutshell
By News Editor Aislinn Cottell What On December 1, Nanaimo is hosting a free Education and Career...
Read MoreTo err: an apology to the Western Toad
I used to have this rectangular, six-inch long pencil eraser with the words, “To Err Is Human,” printed on the top. It was a birthday present when I was a young girl. Since then, in my career as a writer, it would have come in...
Read MoreWe are the future
Over my university career and two years working at The Navigator, I’ve had the pleasure to study, collaborate, and work not only with the diverse community in the Creative Writing department (poets, fictionists, playwrights,...
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