{"id":1134,"date":"2026-07-05T21:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/?page_id=1134"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:05:17","slug":"2026-issue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/2026-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year&#8217;s was made possible thanks to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editorial Board<\/strong>: Amy Swanson, Josiah Benedict, Kellie Callender, Mckylie Moorhouse-Bouman, Rachel Carefoot, Richie Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistant Editor<\/strong>: Kush Sachdeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor<\/strong>: David Livingstone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blind Reviewed Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Woman_teaching_geometry-927x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1255 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Woman_teaching_geometry-927x1024.jpg 927w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Woman_teaching_geometry-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Woman_teaching_geometry-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Woman_teaching_geometry.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/liberalisms-threat-to-liberal-education-a-critical-analysis-of-patrick-j-deneens-regime-change\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/liberalisms-threat-to-liberal-education-a-critical-analysis-of-patrick-j-deneens-regime-change\/\">Liberalism\u2019s Threat to Liberal Education: A Critical Analysis of Patrick J. Deneen\u2019s&nbsp;Regime Change<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Henry Sipos<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Fortune_wheel_15c._French-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1253 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Fortune_wheel_15c._French-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Fortune_wheel_15c._French-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Fortune_wheel_15c._French-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Fortune_wheel_15c._French.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 85vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/if-you-cant-beat-her-reconsidering-the-fortunes-agency-and-the-limits-of-virtu-in-machiavellis-the-prince\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/if-you-cant-beat-her-reconsidering-the-fortunes-agency-and-the-limits-of-virtu-in-machiavellis-the-prince\/\"><em>If You Can\u2019t Beat Her\u2026: Reconsidering the Fortune\u2019s Agency and the Limits of Virt\u00f9 in Machiavelli\u2019s <em>The Prince<\/em><\/em><br><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Chiara Sedola<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1256 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-1200x1777.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Don_Silvestro_dei_Gherarducci_-_Nativity_in_an_initial_P_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 85vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><em><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/the-prelude-reflections-and-illuminations\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/the-prelude-reflections-and-illuminations\/\"><em>The Prelude: <\/em>Reflections and Illuminations<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Morgan Campbell<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1257 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-1609x2048.jpg 1609w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665-1200x1528.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/The_Open_court_1887_14785055665.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 85vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/veiled-sight-and-seeing-the-self-and-the-other-in-w-e-b-dubois-the-souls-of-black-folk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/veiled-sight-and-seeing-the-self-and-the-other-in-w-e-b-dubois-the-souls-of-black-folk\/\">Veiled Sight and Seeing: The Self and the Other in&nbsp;W.E.B. DuBois\u2019 The Souls of Black Folk<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Clio Roe-Leduc<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1248 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 383w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/06\/image-1-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 85vw, 383px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/this-art-needs-a-viewer-a-reflection-on-ghandl-bringhurst-and-velazquez\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/this-art-needs-a-viewer-a-reflection-on-ghandl-bringhurst-and-velazquez\/\">This Art Needs a Viewer: a Reflection on Ghandl, Bringhurst, and Vel\u00e1zquez.<\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By Maggie Vel\u00ed\u0161kov\u00e1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Editor&#8217;s desk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1258 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-1206x1536.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-1608x2048.jpg 1608w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-1200x1528.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/files\/2026\/07\/Leonardo_Alenza_-_Satire_of_Romantic_Suicide_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 85vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><em>Coming soon<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s was made possible thanks to: Editorial Board: Amy Swanson, Josiah Benedict, Kellie Callender, Mckylie Moorhouse-Bouman, Rachel Carefoot, Richie Evans. Assistant Editor: Kush Sachdeva Editor: David Livingstone Blind Reviewed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/2026-issue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2026 issue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134\/revisions\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/compassrose\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}