Education & Social Work

Research finds peer support essential to ECE resiliency

Posted on: October 26, 2020

A provincewide network of peer mentors for early childhood educators developed by a TRU researcher is already showing benefits.

Research equips teachers for pandemic challenges

Posted on: October 1, 2020

TRU researchers are working with Kamloops teachers on a project to improve learning opportunities for students during a pandemic.

Understanding the impact of social justice in Canadian high schools

Posted on: July 16, 2020

Dr. Manu Sharma aims to better understand what is taking place in diverse communities and how some high schools are setting themselves apart as leaders.

Mapping the resiliency of frontline health-care workers

Posted on: July 14, 2020

Dr. Bala Nikku, assistant professor of social work, leads a team of researchers studying resilience among frontline health-care workers.

These are some of the almost-700 face masks made by Shelly Johnson and her husband Myles Clay for Indigenous communities.

Answering the call of community with hundreds of masks

Posted on: May 11, 2020

Canada Research Chair Dr. Shelly Johnson has made almost 700 face masks on request from Indigenous communities and connections across Canada and beyond.