Driving a haul truck has had a profound effect on TRU alum Chace Barber —and not just financially. It also helped him focus his career…

By Tyler Lowey Flexibility has always benefited TRU alum Christine Wunderlich. Whether she's spinning, twirling, bending entwined around a piece of fabric strung up 20-feet…

Colin Carson, TRU alumnus and CEO of Tourism Prince George Colin Carson came to Thompson Rivers University to play volleyball and left with a Bachelor…

Dr. Michael Flannigan is the new British Columbia Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science at TRU, the university and Province of…

There is power in words. Thompson Rivers University President Brett Fairbairn understood this when, in 2019, he embarked on a regional community consultation to create…

Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers received $675,000 through the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the…

https://youtu.be/ZlAmG94YA8Y Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is preparing to safely welcome students back to in-person classes on campus in Kamloops and Williams Lake this fall, with…

A well-known Kamloops philanthropist has pledged to help raise $1 million in bursaries for future nursing students. Al Patel and the ICCHA Wish Fund are…

A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Faculty of Nursing researcher joins a provincial task force to improve access to health-care for Indigenous Peoples in BC. Dr.…

By Tyler Lowey Whether it be Cariboo College, University College of the Cariboo or Thompson Rivers University, the institution has always believed smaller class sizes…

A message from TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Brett Fairbairn Dear students, staff and faculty, The past several days have been extraordinarily painful for many people—in…

A message from TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Brett Fairbairn Dear students, staff and faculty, I write to you in respect and honour to our region’s…

Izabela Mazur is being recognized with the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education for her hard work in Open Educational Resources (OER), and efforts…

If you asked Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Management (MScEEM) student Claire McLoughlin five years ago if she envisioned starting her own business,…

https://youtu.be/E3bNnl2Lwms On May 20, 2021, Thompson Rivers University officially concluded its 50th anniversary celebrations with the burial of a new time capsule on the Kamloops…

A TRU Master of Nursing student passionate about improving mental-health services for Indigenous people has received research funding so she can create change that will…

Generous donors not only met the unprecedented $50-million goal of Thompson Rivers University’s Limitless Campaign, they exceeded it. The campaign concluded at the end of…

For nearly five months, Master of Business Administration (MBA) student Shawn Blankinship painstakingly copied data from 446 First Nations financial statements into a Microsoft Access…

After hours of Zoom calls and piles of emails, many locals find respite in going for a hike in one of Kamloops’ parks. It’s easy…

What does research look like? As an open-access research university, Thompson Rivers University students and faculty have long been engaged in research. Whether that research…