Tourism grad sets sights on industry sustainability May 30, 2019
https://youtu.be/c6E2XdW87uc Fauve Garson is TRU’s 2019 valedictorian for the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Management. Garson grew up in BC’s Lower Mainland before…
https://youtu.be/c6E2XdW87uc Fauve Garson is TRU’s 2019 valedictorian for the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Management. Garson grew up in BC’s Lower Mainland before…
Dr. Courtney Mason has spent 15 years researching the histories of Canada’s national parks and the impacts that management strategies have on local Indigenous communities.…
From TRU to the job of a lifetime. Adventure studies grad Kevin Hodder gets paid to travel to remote and exotic locations, and create challenges…
Congratulations to the 10 researchers who received 2019 Internal Research Fund awards. The fund provides a maximum of $100,000 annually to support research with the…
As Mark Twain famously said, “there are only two types of speakers in the world: The nervous, and the liars.” Whatever kind of speaker you…
Passion, tenacity, fitness and technical skills can go a long way in having a successful career in adventure sports. However, as a woman in this…
Chef Adam Florence has gone from graduating from TRU in 2005 as a Level 1 Cook to today, as the new head chef of Accolades…
The Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program now gives students more reason than ever before to complete their own, independent research projects. The UREAP was developed…
[caption id="attachment_2947108" align="alignright" width="394"] Fauve Garson Stewart received the award for Best Student Research Paper at the International Competence Network of Tourism Research and Education…
This time, it’s the dudettes' turn to take centre stage on the big screen. That’s because one TRU Adventure Studies student put in the hard…
TRU researchers are encouraged to apply for the first research granting opportunity as part of the Interior University Research Coalition/Tri-University Partnership Research Fund. Special Call:…
[caption id="attachment_2936971" align="alignright" width="347"] TRU Adventure Studies faculty member Iain Stewart-Patterson putting his backcountry tips to the test.[/caption] When it comes to snow safety, calling…
Eight students will spend the winter investigating original research questions, thanks to TRU’s flagship Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP). The program, which provides students…
What comes to mind when you think of a coach? Is it someone who inspires you to do better? To work harder? To give it…
On Salt Spring Island, one former Thompson Rivers University student helped cultivate a community on a self-sustaining farm. Now, she is one of four authors…
When most people think about Thompson Rivers University’s Tourism and Adventure programs, they think about students dangling from a rock face, becoming airborne in a…
Shawn Berney is working on a technology that could be on the precipice of change in how business is done. He originally completed his first…
Students from all walks of life were recognized and celebrated for their journey coming to at Thompson Rivers University during the fall convocation ceremony. Smaller…
Thompson Rivers University’s sixth annual report on research, Committed to Community, is a showcase of the world-class research taking place right at our front door.…
Life is full of dreams and aspirations and different opportunities to make them happen. It's just a matter of being brave enough—some may say foolhardy—to…