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"Summit," "Untitled," "Cain and Abel"
No full text"Summit" is an installation piece that is latex-based paint on plywood.
"Untitled" is digital art made on Procreate.
"Cain and Abel" is aquatint with rubber-based ink on Stonehenge paper
Sativa
Full text linkBlind contour drawings collaged together to form a figure with acrylic paint to create form and feeling
"Red Blindfolds Torn, Eyes Uncovered" and "Through the Endless Void"
No full textI created the piece "Red Blindfolds Torn, Eyes Uncovered" during the current escalation of genocide and suffering in Palestine. It captures the moment of rupture — when red blindfolds of denial are torn away, exposing both the horrors of violence and the machinery of political theatre that sustains it. The left side of the image portrays the raw human cost: grief, blood, and survival. The right side unveils the calculated indifference of power, blind allegiance, and spectacle. "Red Blindfolds Torn, Eyes Uncovered" is a visual call to awaken, to witness, and to no longer look away. As a recent University of Saskatchewan graduate, I am grateful for the opportunity to use both research and art as forms of creative and academic expression. Together, they offer different but powerful ways of engaging with the world—research helps us understand and contextualize suffering, while art allows us to feel and respond to it. This piece is a small attempt to speak to the realities that many are forced to endure in silence. It is a privilege to contribute, even in a limited way, to raising awareness and affirming the humanity of those whose stories are often ignored.
"Through the Endless Void" is a surreal piece I created about the pervasive reach of surveillance technology in modern times. This artwork depicts two contrasting worlds: a decaying urban landscape with themes of paranoia and loss of privacy, and an alien terrain that reinforces themes of control. At the vanishing point lies an unblinking, omnipresent eye. This eye watches over both sides, implying that even in fantastical worlds, there is no escape. I depict this contrast purposefully to capture the dissonance of modernity, where freedom is overshadowed by constant technological surveillance. This piece serves both as a warning and as a reflection of reality, urging us to question who is watching us.
"Ophelia," "Roots," "Birthday Girl"
No full textI’ve learned to carve the mountains. I dedicate this work to the roots I sprouted from.
Ophelia: India ink on cold-pressed paper
Roots: India ink on Lynx paper and chalk pastel on Stonehenge
Birthday Girl: Pastel on Stoneheng
Conjectures and results on modular representations of for a -adic field
No full textInternational audienceLet be a prime number and a finite extension of . We state conjectures on the smooth representations of that occur in spaces of mod automorphic forms (for compact unitary groups). In particular, when is unramified, we conjecture that they are of finite length and predict their internal structure (extensions, form of subquotients) from the structure of a certain algebraic representation of . When and is unramified, we prove several cases of our conjectures, including new finite length results
Multivariable -modules and local-global compatibility
No full textInternational audienceLet be a prime number, a finite unramified extension of and a finite extension of . Using perfectoid spaces we associate to any finite dimensional continuous representation of over an étale -module over a completed localization of . We conjecture that one can also associate an étale -module to any smooth representation of occurring in some Hecke eigenspace of the mod cohomology of a Shimura curve, and that moreover is isomorphic (up to twist) to , where is the underlying 2-dimensional representation of . Using previous work of the same authors, we prove this conjecture when is semi-simple and sufficiently generic
Toits Temporaires Urbains : construction hors site en bois pour un urbanisme temporaire
No full textInternational audienceCette communication aborde l’étude de cas Toits Temporaires Urbains (TTU), un projet porté par un groupement de commande composé de la Banque des territoires, SNCF immobilier, ICF Habitat et le conseil départemental de la Seine-Saint-Denis. TTU propose des solutions d’occupations non pérennes de hautes qualités environnementales, d’usages et architecturales sur des fonciers temporairement vacants. Il combine un outil de montage opérationnel et financier d’occupations temporaires à une solution constructive de bâtiments modulaires et démontables en bois. Cette solution constructive est développée dans le cadre d’un partenariat d’innovation comprenant une phase de recherche et développement et une phase de déploiement.Ce texte croise les points de vue des commanditaires, des architectes qui développent cette solution, et des chercheurs qui accompagnent la démarche dans le cadre de l’AMI « Engagé pour la qualité du logement demain ». Cette communication se présente donc comme un « retour d’expérience », qui favorise l’adoption d’une posture réflexive (Schön, 1983) en faisant parler les acteurs au travail et sur leur travail. A partir de cet exemple de partenariat d’innovation, nous interrogeons la façon dont s’est mis en œuvre un travail collaboratif, oùplusieurs acteurs ont cherché à répondre conjointement à des enjeux environnementaux et sociaux contemporains
Just a click away? Evaluating the Use of Positive Reinforcement in Equine Training
Full text linkWith an increase in demand for rewarding horse-human relationships and training programs focused on equine welfare, positive reinforcement is posed as a suitable addition to equine training regimes. Positive reinforcement is not without challenges, and suggestions to overcome problems associated with hand feeding, as used in positive reinforcement, have been explored. Positive reinforcement was shown to reduce signs of body tension during training, which could be used to improve horse welfare and potentially reduce the time needed when training basic grooming and veterinary techniques, making these procedures safer for both the horses and people involved. Primary reinforcers are beneficial in helping horses to learn to perform new and potentially fear-inducing tasks, though the introduction of a secondary reinforcer was not shown to prolong extinction of these learned behaviours. Applications of positive reinforcement include training foals, reducing stress in rehabilitated horses, and reducing potentially dangerous behaviours associated with trailer loading and hoof handling. Suggestions for how positive reinforcement can be used while riding are also presented. Overall, positive reinforcement has been found to be a useful tool in training horses and an effective method for gaining a more willing equine partner. Despite this, more research needs to be done due to small experimental group sizes and other applications of positive reinforcement, including work under saddle, are sorely lacking in current literature. This lack of research should not discourage trainers and owners from integrating positivereinforcement into their routines
Climate Change and the Coffee Industry in Brazil: How Production and Incidence of Coffee Leaf Rust Will Be Impacted
Full text linkThis article discusses the impacts that climate change will have on the Brazilian coffee industry throughout the 21st century; particularly how coffee plants will respond to changes in temperature and precipitation and how the incidence of coffee leaf rust could change. Historical and current conditions of Brazil’s coffee industry and the importance of its position in the global coffee industry are introduced. The current climate of Brazil’s major coffee producing regions are summarized. Context is provided on the origin and spread of coffee leaf rust as well as its mode of infection. Syntheses of climate models in Brazil are used to assess the effects climate change will have on coffee production, including climate’s effects on coffee plants as well as the incidence of coffee leaf rust. Rising average annual temperatures and more variable precipitation patterns could hamper coffee plant growth and increase coffee leaf rust incidence. Rising levels of carbon dioxide may increase coffee plant growth, leading to greater yields. Solutions to mitigate damage to the Brazilian coffee industry, proposed by previous researchers, are reviewed and discussed. These include expansion into high altitude regions, shade systems, sun systems, fungal predators of coffee leaf rust, scientific advancement of crops and financial protections for farmers