Drones draw crowd at BC Tech Summit
Posted on: January 26, 2016
Dr. John Church, BC Innovation Chair in Cattle Industry Sustainability was featured in the Future of Food exhibit at the BC Tech Summit last week,…
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Report links intergenerational trauma to suicide rates
Posted on: January 22, 2016
Dr. Roderick McCormick, BC Innovation Council Chair in Aboriginal Health and national expert in First Nations mental health, says that what is especially valuable about…
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Research being filmed on campus
Posted on: January 20, 2016
A film crew from Bloomberg TV was on campus filming researcher Dr. Ann Cheeptham in her lab. Another film crew from Al Jazeera will arrive…
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Researchers head to Nepal to help create forest fire management strategies
Posted on: January 18, 2016
Thompson Rivers University researchers are heading to Nepal next month where they’ll spend two weeks leading efforts to develop effective forest fire management techniques and…
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National Centre of Excellence to focus on mountain environments
Posted on: January 13, 2016
Dr. John Hull, a professor in the Tourism Management Department and co-director of TRU's Alliance for Mountain Environments Research Group, is part of a national…
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Celebrating 2016 #NationalBirdDay on campus
Posted on: January 5, 2016
Radio-frequency identification technology is being used to monitor the movements of individual birds across campus.
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Putting the Afrodescendant movement into perspective
Posted on: January 4, 2016
The Afrodescendant movement began 15 years ago with the Declaration of the Regional Conference of the Americas—the lead-up to the Third World Conference against Racism,…
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Simulating a virtual terrorist attack
Posted on: November 24, 2015
When Dr. Andrew Park published his counterterrorism research this summer, he had no idea how quickly it would become so relevant. With his research…
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Banking on poverty: research investigates use of payday loan companies
Posted on: November 19, 2015
While some cities wish to prohibit or limit the clustering of payday loan operations, Thompson Rivers University economist Dr. Laura Lamb wants more attention given…
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Hot off the press: Inspiring research
Posted on: November 2, 2015
Knowledge that Inspires, the third annual report on research, is now available. This publication serves to highlight the world-class research being conducted by Thompson Rivers…
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Research has important conservation implications
Posted on: October 29, 2015
Making the most out of a terrible situation — that’s how Dr. Matt Reudink describes his research into a mass mortality event.
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Short story recognized in Room Magazine
Posted on: October 26, 2015
Karen Hofmann’s short story, Vagina Dentata, received an honourable mention in Room magazine’s 2015 Poetry and Fiction Contest.
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Generating entrepreneurial success
Posted on: October 26, 2015
Hummingbird Drones began right here in the TRU Generator, and its CEO Robert Atwood, an NRS graduate, will be awarded the Startup Canada Young Entrepreneur…
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TRUly United: Art project links campus and community
Posted on: October 22, 2015
Ila Crawford's second year printmaking class developed lino-cut puzzle prints to draw attention to the TRUly United fundraising campaign.
Read moreUREAP project takes romance out of ranching
Posted on: October 13, 2015
Maeghan Watkinson knows that ranching is tough, messy and dirty, and the fourth-year visual arts student spent the summer completing her Undergraduate Research Experience Award…
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UREAP project tackles Kamloops’ bellwether distinction
Posted on: October 2, 2015
Steve O'Reilly recently completed his Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program, titled "The Significance of the Bellwether Distinction: A Historical Examination of Voting Behaviour in the…
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TRU researchers awarded $75,000 grant to study deadly bat disease
Posted on: September 29, 2015
TRU microbiologist Dr. Naowarat Cheeptham and Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada biologist and TRU Adjunct Professor Dr. Cori Lausen have been awarded a $75,000 USD…
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Historian awarded prestigious research grant
Posted on: September 28, 2015
Russian historian Dr. Wilson Bell has been awarded a prestigious Insight Development Grant (IDG) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). This is…
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TRU research on display at Science World
Posted on: September 22, 2015
Works of art by TRU faculty, students and alumni, inspired by and exploring perspectives of microbes from Dr. Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham's drug discovery research, are…
Read moreResearch Day 2015: What is your TRU Research Story?
Posted on: September 17, 2015
Research Day is an opportunity for faculty members to learn about new initiatives, including the new Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, and the new Research Groups…
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