The Province of BC has invested $5 million for the establishment of the BC Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, to be based at TRU.
Dr. Manu Sharma aims to better understand what is taking place in diverse communities and how some high schools are setting themselves apart as leaders.
Twelve exceptional students have been awarded NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, allowing them to spend the summer answering important research questions.
Kyley Drach, Fauve Garson, Breanne McAmmond, and Edward Morton have all received prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship-Masters awards, valued at $17,500 each.
Jesse Biddlecomb, Nick Fontaine, Fauve Garson and Michelle Delany have been awarded BC Graduate Scholarships worth $15,000 each. This investment from the Province recognizes the essential role grad students play in post-secondary.
Dr. Karl Larsen has been awarded the Northcote and Brink Professorship for his research that has led to provincial changes in how we manage our landscape for the benefit of BC’s most vulnerable species.
Rose Melnyk, St’uxwtéws (Bonaparte), is working with Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin on a research project to co-develop an Indigenous Wellness Network within Interior Health.
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.