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Funding supports early childhood educators November 22, 2021

An anonymous donor has provided $1.4 million in funding over three years to expand a peer-mentoring program for early childhood educators that will help recruit,…

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Pop in to ESTR’s virtual spring market March 4, 2021

After successfully launching their first ever online, virtual pop-up market this past Christmas, TRU’s Education and Skills (ESTR) program is back with ESTR’s Spring Pop-Up…

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ESTR’s Market goes virtual December 18, 2020

ESTR’s Market was a must-stop, must-shop space on campus. The bustling space was always filled with locally made clothing, crafts, food, treats and best of…

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Research equips teachers for pandemic challenges October 1, 2020

https://youtu.be/du4Z62xZHxg Students in Grady Sjokvist's Grade 11 physics class created Rube Goldberg machines, and filmed their success. This incredible machine was created by Paige Grice.…

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New book reframes social work and aging February 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1986150" align="alignright" width="350"] Dr. Wendy Hulko[/caption] It is time to explore social work and aging differently. When Wendy Hulko and collaborators Shari Brotman (McGill…

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Different continents, shared stories February 25, 2020

Indigenous delegations from universities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada are discovering they have much in common, despite the distances between them. Music, laughter and…

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Teaching rights to local kids with Mind the Gap February 17, 2020

Excited, giggling kids marching about, adults scurrying after them, joyful exclamations, and abandoned, half-eaten mandarin oranges filled the ordinarily peaceful, serene space of the round…

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Record year for investment in undergraduate research December 4, 2019

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…

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Researchers awarded prestigious federal grants July 18, 2019

Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers have been awarded federal research grants totaling nearly $400,000, enabling them to conduct groundbreaking work in the social sciences…