C.V.
Education and training
2022 - 2023 - Ceramics training: Gaële céramiste and Les Faiseurs
2021 - 2022 - Self-entrepreneurship training: NeuroBusiness School
2020 (1 semester) - Ceramics training: Centre de Céramique Bonsecours
2018 - Ecological architecture design training: SolutionERA
2013 - 2014 - Partial Master's degree studies in Archival and Library Sciences: University of Montreal
2011 - Training in digital photography: University of Montreal & Lozeau
2006 - 2011 - Doctorate (Ph.D.) in anthropology (archaeology/iconography of ancient Egypt): University of Montreal
2003 - 2005 - Masters (M.Sc.) in anthropology (archaeology/iconography of ancient Egypt): University of Montreal
2003 - 2004 - Transliteration/translation of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs: The Society for Near Eastern Studies
2003 - 2004 - Minor degree in classical and ancient studies: University of Montreal
1997 - 2001- Bachelor (B.Sc.) with honour's thesis in anthropology (archaeology/iconography): McGill University
2000 - School of field archaeology with the Field Archaeology Unit: University College London
1995 - 1997 - D.E.C. degree in visual arts: CEGEP of Old Montreal
1985 - 1991 - D.E.S. degree in classical ballet: Les Grands Ballets Canadiens/CEGEP Old Montreal/Pierre Laporte
Experience
2024 - present - Designer and creator of the "Elena Danaan's Index" & website and updating the content of the index daily
2018 - present - Multidisciplinary creator at Mokusho Abigaëlle Richard and my YouTube channel "The grounded starseeds"
2018 - 2019 - Blogger on ecological architecture and personal growth: Solution ERA
2003 - 2018 - Clerk for cataloguing services, rare books, faculty libraries: University of Montreal’s libraries
2007 - 2008 - Assistant curator at “Archaeology and World Cultures” collection: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2006 - Course given on Phoenician culture at the UTA: Sherbrooke University
2005 - 2009 - Responsible for the library, part of executive committee: The Society for Near Eastern Studies
2002 - 2003 - Research assistant at the psychology department: GRIP University of Montreal
2003 - Teaching assistant for the course "Archaeology of Civilizations": University of Montreal
Research
2008 - Doctoral research, artifact photography, cataloguing, analysis: European & North American museums
2007 - 2008 - Participation to the production of a catalogue on Coptic textiles: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
2005 - 2009 - Scientific research, publications, presentations: The Society for Near Eastern Studies
1999 - 2000 - Osteological remains classification, analysis, statistics: McGill University/zooarchaeology lab
Grants & bursuries
2006 - 2009 - Full doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec — Société et culture (FRQSC)
2006 - 2008 - Bursary of excellence for doctoral studies: Anthropology department University of Montreal
2003 - 2005 - Bursary of excellence for masters studies: Anthropology department University of Montreal
Artistic contracts & exhibitions
2022 - Children book illustration: "Sad Sally and the Mysterious Stone" text by Kay Hillman.
2017 - Publication photoshoot: M. Gagné, "Tu ne tueras plus ! Catéchiser les Allemands après le nazisme", Leméac, Montreal.
2016 - Drawing exhibition: "Entre les lignes" (May 4th - June 8th), "Repère des 100 talents" gallery, Montreal
2015 - Photography exhibition: "Mokusho" (Aug. 14th – Sept. 11th), "Café Baklawa", Montreal
2014 - Text for a visual arts exhibition: "Art Loop project" exhibition (Sept. 11th - 21th), "Pied Carré" gallery, Montreal
Publications & presentations
2022 - L'heure bleue in "Naltitude" no. 1: Vivre une transition
2021 - Inner guidance transmissions. As fractals of Source, all answers lie within, ebook
2021 - Bleu, Amazon paperback edition, 109 p.
2021 - Bleu, Amazon e-book edition
2019 - J. M. Fossey and collab. Coptic Textiles of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, E. J. Brill, Leyden
2012 (Feb. 7th) - Représentations votives pour la « Dame de Vie » : iconographie des bols de faïence du Nouvel Empire égyptien, presentation at the history department of the Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal
2011 - Représentations votives pour la « Dame de Vie ». Analyse iconographique des bols de faïence du Nouvel Empire égyptien, doctoral thesis, Université de Montréal, Montreal
2010 - (Aug. 16th) Iconographie et canon de représentation de l’Égypte pharaonique, presentation at the art history department of the CEGEP du Vieux Montréal, Montreal
2007 - (April 7th) Exploration des propriétés médicinales et psycholeptiques des nymphéas (dits « lotus ») de l’Égypte pharaonique, presentation at the annual colloquium of The Society for Near Eastern Studies (Montreal chapter), Montreal
2007 - Exploration des propriétés médicinales et psycholeptiques des nymphéas (dits « lotus ») de l’Égypte pharaonique, La Revue d’Études des Civilisations Anciennes du Proche-Orient (RECAPO) 13, p. 36-49, Montreal
2006 - (March 3rd) Anthropologie citoyenne. Un regard sur nos motivations : tendre vers une anthropologie responsable, presentation at the annual colloquium of the anthropology department of the Université de Montréal, Montreal
2005 - La sexualité en Égypte ancienne : brève étude comparative des transformations entre les périodes pharaonique et ptolémaïque, La Revue d’Études des Civilisations Anciennes du Proche-Orient (RECAPO) 12, p. 33-41, Montreal
2005 - Fonctions sociales et idéologiques des représentations iconographiques de danse de l’Égypte pharaonique, master’s thesis, Université de Montréal, Montreal
2002 - La danse et la mort chez les Maya : analyse des représentations iconographiques de danse sur les vases polychromes, séminaire de maîtrise, Université de Montréal, Montreal
2001 - Triplism in Celtic Iconography, honor's thesis, McGill University, Montreal