Faculty & Staff

TRU introduces First-Year Student Resiliency Fund

Posted on: July 28, 2020

Thompson Rivers University has created new bursaries and awards for first-year students embarking on their studies amid the global pandemic.

Co-op work in high gear despite COVID slowdown

Posted on: July 24, 2020

TRU students are finding co-op work placements—opportunities to apply their course learning in real work situations and be paid for their efforts.

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.

Learning their lives to the fullest

Posted on: June 24, 2020

After more than five combined decades of successful careers, two mature learners hit the books again.

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year's D2L award winners for innovation in teaching and learning.

Small study subjects reap big award

Posted on: June 11, 2020

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year’s esteemed recipients of the D2L (Desire2Learn) Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning.

Don Poirier, associate vice-president of TRU Open Learning.

TRU takes lead role in global education accessibility

Posted on: June 9, 2020

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is at the forefront of making free online education more accessible around the world—a resource that’s more important than ever since the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered classrooms, and one that more institutions are considering as education moves increasingly online. TRU is the first in North America to offer an international credential…

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Hatched at home and avatar physicists: Faculty of Science rolls with COVID changes

Posted on: May 21, 2020

When classes moved to alternate delivery, four unhatched ducks weren’t lost in the shuffle.

Members of TRU's Learning Technology and Innovations and Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning staff members

Concrete teaching support during unsettled times

Posted on: May 20, 2020

Meet the team supporting TRU instructors during the pivot to virtual learning.

Research investigates crisis communication during flooding, fires

Posted on: May 13, 2020

Dr. Michael Mehta, with Drs. Wendy Gardner and Wendy McKenzie, are investigating traditional models of risk communication, with the goal of developing new, more agile methods.