When UVic student Kelly Vernon reached out to me in the spring about his first ever workshop about LGBTQ+ classroom inclusivity, I was thrilled and immensely proud to call him a friend. Kelly saw a gap in the education program: discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity were not being made a priority in the curriculum. In response, Kelly created Queer in the Classroom, which will be run for the third time on November 24th.

(Re)markable project is a series of photos that capture people’s scars covered in a medium of their choosing… The intent is to celebrate, not conceal scars.

Vancouverite Courtney Watkins moved to Los Angeles to study fashion at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), but eventually relocated to Vancouver to take over the family saw mill… now, her love of fashion has come full circle and she’s read to sail solo as a fashion entrepreneur.