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Alumni, Faculty and staff, Featured, Open Learning, PLAR
PLAR: Bridging experience and education drives student success March 31, 2025

PLAR at TRU gives students academic credits for the knowledge and skills they’ve gained outside of traditional classrooms.

Alumni, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Science, Featured
Alumni-founded tech company deployed in California wildfires March 31, 2025

From the frontlines to a bird’s eye view, the TRU alumni behind Hummingbird Drones and Nova have been finding new ways to tackle wildfires.

Alumni, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Student Development, Featured, Office of the President, Open Learning, Research and Graduate Studies
The future belongs at TRU March 28, 2025

TRU is celebrating its strengths and looking to the future as it reaches a milestone 20 years as a full-fledged university this month.

Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured
Politicians urge students: positive change means being bold March 26, 2025

Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley and current MLA Joe Ceci encourage event audience and TRU students to stand up and ruffle feathers.

Faculty of Arts, Featured, News releases
Journalism students explore personal stories of climate disaster survival March 25, 2025

The work of journalism students is being shared through The Wren and an exhibit at the Kamloops Art Gallery that opens April 5.

Faculty of Law, Featured, Indigenous Education, Open Learning, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU at 20: Fostering community connections March 21, 2025

TRU's two-decade milestone marks its continuing efforts to connect with the community through pioneering initiatives.

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured
Exploring the role of AI in education, business and society March 18, 2025

A future of AI-driven education was explored at the Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics 2025 AI Summit earlier this year.

Faculty of Arts, Featured, News releases
Annual arts lecture traces history of online blackouts to AIDS activism March 18, 2025

Dr. Cait McKinney is the key speaker at this year’s annual Dean of Arts Distinguished Lecture Series on Human Rights and Social Justice.

Faculty of Science, Featured, Giving
New bursary increases access to STEM March 17, 2025

A $25,000 donation from Progressive Planet will support women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Featured, TRU World
TRU deepens collaborations with Mexico through international education initiatives March 14, 2025

TRU is strengthening its connections with Mexico and Latin America through a consortium that fosters research and scholarship collaboration.

Featured
Becoming Thompson Rivers University March 14, 2025

As TRU marks 20 years as a university, Roger Barnsley, the last president of UCC and first for TRU, recounts how it all came about.

Featured, News releases, TRU World
TRU unveils 10-year Strategic Internationalization Plan March 11, 2025

TRU's Strategic Internationalization Plan reinforces a commitment to integrating global views into learning, research and partnerships.

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TRU Experts

WildfireExperts at TRU are available to discuss wildfires, related issues.Human rights and ChinaDr. Robert Hanlon is available for interviews on Canada-China relations.Russia-Ukraine warDr. Wilson Bell can address Russia's war in Ukraine. View Experts

TRU in the media

Academica | Looking deeper at the international student experience: StudyFebruary 4, 2025Castanet | Water polo Olympian to back TRU WolfPack at annual fundraiserFebruary 4, 2025The Globe and Mail | Despite ‘modest’ start, Supreme Court of Canada marks 150 years of transformative rulingsFebruary 3, 2025The Hub | Canada is under threat. Now would be a good time to start sorting ourselves outJanuary 31, 2025The Conversation | International students’ housing challenges call for policy actionJanuary 31, 2025View More