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December 5, 2023

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Tim Scarth

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  • A very short pencil that has been sharpened almost to the end sitting on top of a school notebook
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
  • Canadian 100 dollar bill with a large 'missing' stamp over top
  • Illustration of a number of toys for young kids separated from the viewer by a deep chasm in the ground
  • A variety of medical tools and medicine arranged on a plain background with a line drawn through it depicting the contrast between public and private health spending
  • Close up of medical reports
  • A series of images illustrating issues and concerns about artificial intelligence are shown inside an AI prompt window
  • Long exposure photo construction site with motion blur
  • ISS orbiting over the end of the Amazon River. Top down view.

Planet map and ISS model from NASA: https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/74000/74192/world.200411.3x21600x21600.D2.png
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2378/international-space-station-3d-model/

Tools and software used: Blender 2.8
  • Factory in background with a hand holding a yellow card that says certify this unon
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  • Nurses walking in hospital
  • Members of Unifor union protesting at a rent strike in Ontario, Canada
  • Woman relaxing on the couch, she is using the remote control and choosing a TV show or movie on the television menu
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  • Chalk board that says more funding, school classroom
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  • The MRI Scanner in the Hospital’s Arsenal.
  • Empty large warehouse interior with cement floor, illuminated by white arrow shaped neon lights from side brick walls. A large blank brick wall background with copy space in the center. 3D rendered image.
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  • Trillion dollar club written in background, hand with scissors cutting a bag of taxes
  • Data centre with water spilling over it and ammeter with high voltage
  • Image of pile of coloured rocks
  • Canada Health Act est 1984
  • Kids raising their hands in a classroom
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  • Statue of Liberty with the American flag, Canadian stamp with a canadian flag and a map of Mexico with a Mexican flag on the backdrop of a North American Map
  • Black and white canadian money as background. Cut out of Saskatchewan map with a stethoscope on top of map.
  • figurines of different genders, and jobs stacks on unequal coin towers
  • Kids raising their hands in a classroom
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
  • Illustration: Gina Gill
  • Happy mature blond female customer coming up to cashier scanning food products while sitting by counter in front of computer screen
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  • A health insurance claim form along with a couple of medical bills.To see more of my medical images click on the link below
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  • Aerial view of heavy traffic at a container pier.
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  • silver watch laying on a white surface
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  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 6th, 2010: Riot police standing guard at the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit in the financial district.
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