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In this article, a collaborative writing group explores how we, two rivers, express ourselves over time, place and space, our energies long interpreted as veins and arteries carrying the Country's life affirming blood. Voiced as River: I, River, this position reflects a worldview in which interrelationship with living river is normal, and River Spirit is ever‐present. It is a position underpinned by Indigenous narratives as riverine expressions of place‐based love. At times, the article is also voiced as a writing group or individuals, with voices being interchanged where required for smooth reading. We see this as part of the decolonising process, which feels liberating and healing among the writers. Each writer is equally valued as co‐creator, contributor, narrator and story teller. The two rivers, being Martuwarra Fitzroy River (Kimberley, Western Australia) and Unamen Shipu Romaine River (North Shore, Québec, Canada), illustrate a common condition of being, through heritage, life, change and possibility. Through stories and voices, the socio‐scientific implications of colonisation and lost connections become clear, considering the interaction, the dialogue and the cultural synthesis of living water systems that have always incorporated all life forms into rivers of life. As a way of navigating towards wholeness, Aboriginal knowledge systems and narratives for healing are used to bring together findings of this intercultural river learning journey.

Les milieux ruraux sont actuellement confrontés à de nombreux changements occasionnés, entre autres, par l’arrivée et l’insertion de nouvelles populations désirant s’y établir en permanence. Ce phénomène touche plusieurs pays, ce qui pose de nouveaux défis, aussi bien pour les décideurs locaux que pour l’ensemble de la communauté rurale. Cet article permet de mieux connaître cette situation peu étudiée au Québec, en apportant un éclairage nouveau sur les trajectoires résidentielles, les motifs de migration ainsi que l’insertion professionnelle et sociale des nouvelles populations rurales. En relevant les convergences et les divergences caractérisant les néo-ruraux de deux MRC contrastées (Brome-Missisquoi et Arthabaska), son objectif est de faire ressortir l’hétérogénéité et la complexité de ces populations.Rural communities currently face many changes caused, among other things, by the arrival and integration of new populations wishing to settle there permanently. This phenomenon affects a number of countries, raising new challenges both for local decision-makers and for the rural community as a whole. This paper provides a better understanding of this situation, which has not been widely studied in Québec, by shedding new light on residential trajectories, on reasons for migration and on the occupational and social integration of new rural populations. By noting aspects of convergence and divergence among neo-rural populations in two contrasting RCMs (Brome-Missisquoi and Arthabaska), its aim is to bring out the complex heterogeneous nature of these populations

The authors present a computer vision technique for the acquisition and processing of 3-D images of the profile of wax dental imprints in the automation of diagnosis in orthodontics. The acquisition of the 3-D images is based on the absorption of light by a dispersive medium and uses standard CCD (charge coupled device) cameras. The profiles of both sides of the imprint are acquired simultaneously. The 3-D image of each side of the imprint is segmented by nonlinear filtering of the 3-D data, and the interstices between the teeth are detected. Two operators are presented: one for the detection of the interstices between the teeth for incisors, canines, and premolars, and one for those between molars. A method for deciding the optimal neighborhood of application of each operator is also presented. Experimental results show that the two operators are very effective at detecting the interstices.

L’embourgeoisement rural, lié notamment à la migration de la ville vers la campagne d’urbains de classes sociales moyennes ou aisées, touche de plus en plus les milieux ruraux au Québec. Or, contrairement aux recherches foisonnantes sur le concept de rural gentrification au Royaume-Uni, ce phénomène n’a que peu retenu l’attention dans la production scientifique québécoise. Cet article propose donc d’explorer les représentations contrastées de divers acteurs locaux à propos de l’embourgeoisement et de ses incidences dans deux municipalités régionales de comté (MRC) : Brome-Missisquoi et Arthabaska. Il s’appuie sur les résultats d’entrevues réalisées auprès de quatre types d’acteurs : néo-ruraux, ruraux de longue date, dirigeants d’organismes locaux et régionaux, élus municipaux. Il montre la complexité de ce phénomène sur divers plans de la vie rurale, soit sociodémographique, économique, résidentiel, communautaire, culturel, environnemental et politique. Les résultats révèlent la nécessité de dépasser les seules représentations des « gentrifieurs », en l’enrichissant de celles d’autres acteurs concernés par l’embourgeoisement rural. Ils montrent l’importance de scruter les effets globaux de ce phénomène pour en arriver à une meilleure compréhension.Rural gentrification, understood as the city-to-country migration of urbanites from the middle or upper social classes, is increasingly taking place in rural Quebec. In contrast to the surge of studies on rural gentrification in the United Kingdom, this phenomenon has received little attention in Quebec scientific research. This article explores the representations of diverse local actors concerning gentrification in two Quebec regional county municipalities (RCM), namely Brome-Missisquoi and Arthabaska. Based on interviews conducted with four types of actors – newcomers, long-time residents, directors of local and regional organizations, and elected municipal officials – the study shows the complexity of this type of gentrification at various levels of rural life (e.g., sociodemographic, economic, residential, community, cultural, environmental, political). The results demonstrate the need to examine the views of all actors involved in or affected by rural gentrification as opposed to considering only those held by the gentrifiers. As well, the study shows that the broader scope of the impacts of rural gentrification must be examined in order to arrive at a better understanding of this phenomenon

Lorsque les nouveaux ruraux rencontrent les résidents de longue date, surviennent des défis de cohabitation. D'une part, les premiers doivent « faire leur place » dans des milieux déjà habités, d'autre part, l'espace social des seconds est remodelé par l'arrivée des premiers. Dans ce contexte, cet article s'interroge sur la rencontre d'individus nouvellement installés avec les populations plus anciennes. Son matériel empirique consiste en des entrevues menées auprès de ces deux groupes dans deux municipalités régionales de comté (MRC) contrastées au Québec : Brome-Missisquoi et Arthabaska. La méthode d'analyse est qualitative et l'approche est axée sur les représentations des populations rurales nouvelles et anciennes quant à ce qui les éloigne ou les rapproche l'une de l'autre. La contribution de l'article réside dans son analogie à la métaphore théâtrale de Goffman, en insistant toutefois sur le milieu géographique modulant la rencontre. Il en ressort que cette dernière est généralement timide, les rapports entre les nouveaux ruraux et les résidents de longue étant souvent superficiels et réservés à l'espace public.Mots clés : Migrations ville-campagne, néo-ruraux, ruraux de longue date, espace social, QuébecFinding one's place in someone else's place: The tentative encounter between newcomers and long-time residents in rural Quebec When newcomers to rural areas encounter the long-time residents, they may face cohabitation challenges. On one hand, the first group tries to "feel at home" in the existing community, while on the other, the social space of the second group is remodelled by the arrival of the newcomers. This article seeks to describe the encounter between newly arrived individuals and the long-time rural population. The empirical data were collected by means of interviews with these two groups, in two contrasted regional county municipalities (RCM) of Quebec: Brome-Missisquoi and Arthabaska. The qualitative analysis focuses on the representations-made by both populations-on what unites or separates them. Applying an analogy of Goffman's theatrical metaphor, this article highlights how the encounter varies according to the geographical context in which it occurs. The encounter is found to be generally tentative in nature, and relationships between newcomers and long-term residents often remain superficial and limited to the public space.

Pulled by employment, Nordic exoticism, the desire to live "far" North or for other reasons, many Southerners choose to move to remote northern indigenous and nonindigenous communities in Québec (Canada). To better understand mobility and migration to northern peripheral regions, this article examines the paradoxical ways of dwelling of new residents who have settled in Eastern Minganie (North Shore, Québec), located about 1,300 km from Montreal, the province's metropolis. These migrants consist mainly of professionals in the fields of education, health, and social services. Research results point to four paradoxes related to mobility, remoteness, nordicity, rootedness, and otherness. They reveal both push and pull factors that nuance the idea of geographic remoteness as nothing more than a constraint on territorial development and local dynamism. Moreover, this article argues that mobility must be accepted, recognised, and even encouraged because, despite the paradoxes it raises, mobility remains essential to the vitality of Nordic peripheral areas.to re-examine the idea that remoteness is simply a constraint or limitation. Indeed, it is the paradoxes that have given form to the present article, exploring the roles played by mobility, proximity, nordicity, otherness, and rootedness in the migration experience of the neo-Mingan population. 2 | THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: WAYS OF DWELLING OF NEW RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY Geographical remoteness and the mobility and migration it brings about are perforce behind the socioterritorial changes experienced by Nordic peripheral communities. Individuals and families leave, return, or stay for a variety of reasons: contractual obligations, changes in the seasons, territorial development policies, or socioeconomic conditions. From the regular or temporary mobility of fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workers, to the more permanent migrations towards established communities, the arrival of neo-Northerners brings new dynamics in host communities. Due to their vulnerability caused among other things by their pressing needs in the areas of education, health, and social services, remote and Nordic populations invest considerable efforts to attract,

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