What are the barriers preventing participation in public engagement activities, and what do we, as a society, lose when specific voices go unheard? When Lorri…
Dr. Laura Doan How do you define success in research? Two years ago, Dr. Laura Doan embarked upon a project designed to develop a provincewide…
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.…
Canadian high schools are more diverse than they have ever been, and today’s youth are vocal advocates for their own cultural and social identities. With…
How has working in a pandemic impacted the mental health of frontline health-care workers? For those who are coping well, what has made them resilient?…
She’s the world’s first Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing higher education. And she has provided face masks to communities across Canada, to the Navajo Nation…
[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…
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…
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…
Your practicum is around the corner. You’re nervous, yet ready. But do your clothes suit the occasion? "Practicum is a topic that's discussed in class…
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…
Master of Education student, lifestyle and fashion blogger, Sultan Sandur is using his skills to give back to the community by suiting up high-school grads…
When Roxane Letterlough was in school, she didn’t see many faces like hers at the head of the classroom. The girl from the St’át’imc Nation…
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…
In BC, more than half of all early childhood educators (ECEs) leave the profession within five years which limits the sector’s capacity to grow, and…
Note: Participating students may be eligible to receive a $500 Student Field School Award through TRU World. The Teaching English as a Second Language…
Often the best way to learn is by jumping into real-life situations. For 28 students in the Education and Skills Training (ESTR) Program, they had…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZuIV7lLIo When Anh (Colddy) Nguyen decided he wanted to study at a university outside of his home country of Vietnam, Canada quickly came to…
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
Stuffed bears of all shapes, colours and ages showed up for a teddy bear picnic. Gathered at Cariboo Child Care, TRU’s on-campus daycare, they were…
