As a major employer, educational institution and generator of research, TRU is making a substantial contribution to food sustainability, production, self-sufficiency and, ultimately, food security…
Chef Bernard Casavant dropped in to the TRU Culinary Arts program during Indigenous Awareness Week to share his years of experience with students. A world-class…
Dr. Kellee Caton Tourism is a complex industry. While some communities embrace it as an economic engine, others now recognize there are consequences to unimpeded…
What does it take to build a world-class business? Students can learn a lot from Mike Wiegele’s 50-year adventure in the mountains—and he's making sure…
For two years, Sebastian Carrasco had prepared for this moment. Yet as he waited at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, questions continued to swirl in…
Eleven students will spend the winter investigating original and important research topics that range from an exploration of the microbial communities within the permafrost of…
Legendary rock manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham shares his first-hand accounts about music history and pop culture as a visiting scholar-in-residence at Thompson Rivers…
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…
