VOC Journal

The VOC Journal has been published annually by the club since 1958. A free copy of the journal is provided to members at the end of the academic year. A complete collection is available in the VOC clubroom. The journal is also available at the following libraries :

• National Library of Canada
• University of British Columbia Library
• Vancouver Public Library
• Alpine Club of Canada (Canmore)

Specific details of interest to the club exec on how/who to send the journal to each year is available on the VOCJ exchange page.

The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for the VOC Journal is 0524-5613.

Submission Guidelines

Do:

• Read past journals for inspiration and to get an idea of how an article is formatted.
• Keep things relatively short. Articles should not go far over 2000 words (as a rough guide, you can fit about 350 words on a page of the journal).
• Be creative. Submissions can be about anything and everything related to the outdoors, and can come in any style you desire (prose, poetry, song, art, etc.)
• Send photos along with your article.
• Submit high-quality photos. Colour shots should have a resolution of about 720dpi and be large enough to fill a 5.5 x 8.5 inch space. Black and white shots can be as low as 150dpi, but they should have enough contrast that the subject is visible: a guy in dark clothing + a dark background + low lighting = a whole lot of blackness when converted to black and white = not ideal.
• Edit.

Don't:

• Be offensive. Any angry personal attacks on your clubmates, racist/sexist/homophobic remarks, etc. will not be printed, and your article may be rejected altogether.
• Embed images in your article. A page of text in the journal will not be the same size or have the same format as your Word document, so you are not doing the editor any favours by forcing them to pull everything back out of your article and rearrange it. Please submit your photos as separate files.
• Write your entire article in the passive voice. Although "it was decided that the south ridge should be climbed" may work in a lab report, it makes for rather dull reading.

Formatting

Articles should be written in Microsoft Word (.doc) or plain text (.TXT or .RTF). They should not contain any embedded images or files.

Photo submissions should be high quality (minimum resolution 720dpi for colour, 150dpi for b&w) and in .JPEG or .TIFF format. There will be room for 10-30 colour photos, plus the front and back covers. All photos accompanying articles will be printed in black and white.

Note: all articles will be edited for length, spelling and general grammatical scariness. Offensive remarks will not be printed.

Deadlines

We are currently taking submissions!

The final deadline this year:

December 20, 2017 - Deadline for all articles related to trips that happened from January 2017 to December 2017 or any other submission to VOCJ60.

Early submissions are highly recommended for high quality proofreading and editing from the editors.

Submit your articles and ask your questions to: vocjournal@gmail.com

And remember: submitting an article to the VOCJ counts as a workhike, and it's never too late to start working on one....

Article Ideas/Categories

1. Why I joined the VOC?

2. My first trip with the VOC...

3. Son of Rock - Comments from instructors and participants

4. Lead Ladder - Evening sessions and Squamish weekend

5. Glacier School - Comments from instructors and participants

6. Long Hike

7. Mountaineering

8. Scrambling

9. Unplanned epic trips...

10. Other

List of publications

Year	Volume	Editor	Table of Contents	Index	Clubroom	Brew Hut	Brian Waddington Hut	Burton Hut	Harrison Hut
2016-2017	VOCJ59	Caitlin Schneider			6	1	1	0	1
2015-2016	VOCJ58	Koby Michaels			30	2	1	0	0
2014-2015	VOCJ57	Amanda Johnson and Kasia Celler			16	1	0	0	0
2013-2014	VOCJ56	Ruanne Lai and Gillian Albert			29	0	0	0	2
2012-2013	VOCJ55	Murray Down			32	0	1	0	2
2011-2012	VOCJ54	Kelly Paton			22	0	1	0	2
2010-2011	VOCJ53	Kathrin Lang	complete		68	1	0	0	2
2009-2010	VOCJ52	Chuck Norris	complete		101	1	1	0	1
2008-2009	VOCJ51	Karolina Hanula	Complete		91	1	1	0	1
2007-2008	VOCJ50	Jeff Mottershead	Complete		6	1	0	0	2
2006-2007	VOCJ49	Kaja Sadowski	Complete	Complete	4	0	0	0	0
2005-2006	VOCJ48	Ellen Morgan	Complete	Complete/needs checking	1	0	0	0	0
2004-2005	VOCJ47	Steve Begin	Complete	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
2003-2004	VOCJ46	Rebecca Goulding	Complete	Complete	6	1	0	0	0
2002-2003	VOCJ45	Kristen Beaumont	Complete	Complete	34	1	1	0	0
2001-2002	VOCJ44	Sandra Nicol	Complete	Complete	6	1	0	0	0
2000-2001	VOCJ43	Jeremy Frimer	Complete	Complete	2	0	0	0	0
1999-2000	VOCJ42	Fern Webb	Complete	Complete	1	0	0	0	1
1998-1999	VOCJ41	Shoshanna Reiter	Complete	Complete	9	0	1	0	1
1997	VOCJ40	Mark Grist	Complete	Complete	21	0	1	0	2
1996-1997	VOCJ39	Dan Perrakis	Complete	none/paper	21	1	1	0	1
1995-1996	VOCJ38	Verena Blasy	Complete	Complete	12	1	1	0	2
1994-1995	VOCJ37	Othes Prosser	Complete	Complete	52	1	1	0	2
1993	VOCJ36	Michael Surface	Complete	Complete	1	0	0	0	2
1992	VOCJ35	Muriel Pacheco	Complete	Complete	14	1	0	0	1
1991	VOCJ34	Chris Brayshaw	Complete	Incomplete/paper	3	1	1	0	1
1990	VOCJ33	Craig Hollinger	in progress	paper	16	1	0	0	1
1989	VOCJ32	Ken Legg	in progress	paper	5	1	0	0	1
1988	VOCJ31	Nick Folkard	Complete	Complete	8	1	0	0	1
1987	VOCJ30	Jeff Greenwood	Complete	Complete	2	0	0	0	2
1986	VOCJ29	Denise Hart	in progress	none/paper	1	0	0	0	0
1985	VOCJ28	Tim Booth	Complete	Complete	1	0	0	0	0
1984	VOCJ27	Francois Welt	Complete	in progress	1	1	0	0	1
1983	VOCJ26	Darlene Anderson	Complete	none	1	0	0	0	1
1982	VOCJ25	Paula Burgerjon	Incomplete	Incomplete	2	0	0	0	0
1981	VOCJ24	Susan Hollenberg & Kathy Wong	Incomplete	Incomplete	1	0	0	0	0
1980	VOCJ23	Dave Firman & Sean Marlyn	Incomplete	Incomplete	2	1	0	0	1
1979	VOCJ22	Terry Chow & Mark Barley	Incomplete	Incomplete	7	1	0	0	1
1978	VOCJ21		Incomplete	Incomplete	0	0	0	0	1
1977	VOCJ20	Bill Lee & Eva Macek	Incomplete	Incomplete	2	0	0	0	0
1976	VOCJ19	John Baldwin & Dale Little	Incomplete	Incomplete	7	0	0	0	1
1975	VOCJ18	John Leighton & Helen Lemon	Incomplete	Incomplete	15	0	0	0	1
1974	VOCJ17	Anthea Farr & Grant McCormack	Incomplete	Incomplete	7	0	0	0	1
1973	VOCJ16	Vivien Bowers	Incomplete	Incomplete	8	0	0	0	1
1972	VOCJ15	Chris Temple	Incomplete	Incomplete	8	0	0	0	1
1971	VOCJ14	John Frizell	Incomplete	Incomplete	8	0	0	1	1
1970	VOCJ13	Judy Sparks	Incomplete	Incomplete	7	0	0	1	1
1969	VOCJ12	Sara Oliver	Incomplete	Incomplete	4	0	0	0	1
1968	VOCJ11	Susan Cushing	Incomplete	Incomplete	5	0	0	1	0
1967	VOCJ10	Len Winter	Incomplete	Incomplete	4	0	0	1	0
1966	VOCJ09	Barbara Booth	Incomplete	Incomplete	1	0	0	0	0
1965	VOCJ08	Nina Locke	Incomplete	Incomplete	4	0	0	0	0
1964	VOCJ07	Carolyn Young	Incomplete	Incomplete	1	0	0	0	0
1963	VOCJ06	Jane Musket	Incomplete	Incomplete	1	0	0	0	0
1962	VOCJ05	Stella Barbour	Incomplete	Incomplete	2	0	0	1	0
1961	VOCJ04	Ann Prevost	Incomplete	Incomplete	1	0	0	0	0
1960	VOCJ03	Susan Tatum	Complete	Complete	4	0	0	0	0
1959	VOCJ02	Sandra Caldwell	Complete	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
1958	VOCJ01	Beverley Campbell	Complete	Complete	2	0	0	0	0

VOC Newsletter

Before the VOCJ, the club published the "VOC Newsletter". It's like the VOCJ, without the fancy paperback format. PDFs copies will soon be available online...

Year	Editor	Table of Contents	Index
1957-1958		Incomplete	none
1956-1957		Incomplete	none
...
1953-1954		Incomplete	none
...
1950-1951		Incomplete	none

Table of Contents and Index fields should be used to track the status of the indexing of each journal.
VOC_Journal_structure Note: Only use the code to create new VOC Journals

Index

The VOC Journal Index (VOCJ index) is a useful tool that allows you to find what acticles have been written on a certain subject.

Misc.

Report to Varsity Outdoor Club Journal Policy Committee '63 - '64

Part 1 (PDF)
Part 2 (PDF)