Mental health and substance abuse clinician and TRU alum Sarah Cowger was recently the keynote speaker at the ninth annual ‘Grow our Own’ event in…
“Just looking at differences in world views, I think that Western healing is about empowering the individual to have control over their environment and so…
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers use a high-risk, high-reward innovative approach to assess spontaneous change in infant brain functionality. The traditional approach requires infants to…
Three TRU researchers have received more than $170,000 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants program. The program supports research…
The federal government has announced the renewal of two Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRC) at TRU, which further strengthens and acknowledges the growing research…
While at TRU, Dr. Dinesh Ramoo wanted to resolve a gap in Open Educational Resources for the psychology of language—a topic of interest to many…
The Canadian Mental Health Association Kamloops branch has removed the ‘interim’ tag from Executive Director Alfred Achoba’s title. He stepped into the agency’s lead role…
TRU alum Emily Bootle (BA ’14) is a funeral director, embalmer and the founder of DeathCare BC. We got in touch to learn more about…
Richmond resident John Marasigan has been named the recipient of this year’s Teaching Excellence Award from Open Learning at Thompson Rivers University. He teaches online…
Thompson Rivers University has signed an agreement with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) that will allow CCCJ students to transfer their credits…
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has signed a partnership with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) so associate-degree students can transfer credits to TRU…
CBC Kamloops's Shelley Joyce talks to Gunjan Sanghavi and her daughter Khushi Desai, who are both studying with TRU from India until they can get…
Dr. Rod McCormick, director of the All My Relations Research Centre at TRU, offers insights into mental health treatments that are not typically used in…
Radio NL's Kirk Fraser talks with TRU psychology faculty member Sandra Vermeulen on what can cause people to push back against COVID-19 safety measures? Hear…
KAMLOOPS – Five Thompson Rivers University researchers received $579,240 over five years through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced…
Police line-ups are part of popular culture, but typically, popular culture has them all wrong. For starters, live police line-ups are relatively uncommon in North…
An exceptional mentor can make a fundamental difference in the life of an undergraduate researcher, and it is clear, based on the comments from current…
The partnership between Bunkyo Gakuin University (BGU) and TRU's psychology department continues to blossom. In mid-November 2016, Arts faculty members Sandra Vermeulen and Michael Woloszyn were invited…
Local high school students have an opportunity to earn university credits before they finish secondary school through a unique partnership between School District 73 and…
[caption id="attachment_2046440" align="alignleft" width="320"] Katariina Määttä at Riverside Park in Kamloops, BC[/caption] Katariina Määttä is a fourth-year Study Abroad student from Rovaniemi, Finland. She's currently…
