From Ghana to Canada, with Odo (love)
Posted on: August 16, 2021
Meet Odo Nkum, a TRU alum who is leading women to recovery in her community.
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Pop in to ESTR’s virtual spring market
Posted on: March 4, 2021
After successfully launching their first ever online, virtual pop-up market this past Christmas, TRU’s Education and Skills program is back with a Spring Pop-Up Market.
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ESTR’s Market goes virtual
Posted on: December 18, 2020
ESTR’s Market opened as an online pop-up market for a short time before the holiday season and they hope to do it again soon.
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Grad research examines the need for more engaged voices
Posted on: December 3, 2020
Lorri Weaver, successfully defended her MEd thesis that explores how to encourage greater participation in public engagement activities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New book reframes social work and aging
Posted on: February 27, 2020
Dr. Wendy Hulko co-authored a new text that addresses major shifts in the field of gerontological social work in Canada.
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