June 21 is National Aboriginal Day and this year marks the 20th anniversary. During that time, TRU has taken numerous steps towards indigenizing campus with…
There is a growing trend for students to take a year off between high school and university, electing instead for a gap year—but is there…
Sometimes the small ways we are recognized have the biggest impact. Work by faculty, Elders, and student members of the Indigenous Health Nursing Committee has…
Aboriginal students now have new pathways towards earning one of three business degrees at Thompson Rivers University. In an historic signing today between TRU and AFOA…
PechaKucha is a method of digital storytelling — a way to engage an audience and present unique information in an entertaining, narrative style. The public…
Want to know what's happening at TRU this week? Job Fair, Aboriginal awareness week, Toastmasters open house and the Long Night Against Procrastination are just…
Seventeen students spent Reading Week becoming Knowledge Makers as part of what is hoped will be an annual program designed to encourage Aboriginal undergraduate students to…
TRU's Aboriginal Education department has assembled a range of events to celebrate 2016 Aboriginal Awareness Week, Feb. 28-March 4. The schedule of events is as…
First-year law students who have been studying Aboriginal Rights and Title and Indigenous Law heard from several guest speakers during a field trip to the…
Today’s announcement of a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) at TRU further boosts the university’s growing research capacity; the sustained funding that comes with…
National Sweater Day has become a fun annual event on campus, where the heat gets turned down 2˚C and the sweater swagger gets turned up. With…
The BC Ministry of Advanced Education (AVED) announced today that TRU and community partners Alexis Creek First Nation and Northern Shuswap Tribal Council will receive…
A study released from Statistics Canada this week shows that one in five Aboriginal people have suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives. Read:…
Kamloops-based author Richard Wagamese shares his views on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission during a free talk Jan. 20, presented by TRU's Aboriginal Education department and…
TRU Law faculty member and Kamloops lawyer John O’Fee is one of 32 recipients of the prestigious Queen’s Counsel (QC) designation. The honorary title is bestowed…
From unique research and partnerships, to major funding for students and momentous campus events, TRU’s 45th year as an institution has been a memorable one.…
While some cities wish to prohibit or limit the clustering of payday loan operations, Thompson Rivers University economist Dr. Laura Lamb wants more attention given…
For years Marcus Scherer knew he would go to university and even had strong ideas of what he would study when he got there. And…
Taking a writing-intensive course? Major final research essays due in November? Don’t pull a stressed-out all-nighter on your own the last week of classes. Join…
Understanding the truth of what happened in Indian Residential Schools and the urgent need for reconciliation is the topic of discussion at a special Storytellers…
