School is out, the days are warming up, Summer is officially here! While you head out to enjoy the sunshine and all that our beautiful…
The TRU Environment and Sustainability Office has just completed a successful pilot of its Sustainability Ambassadors Program with three campus offices/departments: Institutional Planning and Analysis,…
This year, the TRU Chemistry Biochemistry Club has made it a strategic priority to advance green chemistry and sustainable science at TRU and they are doing just…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oafE2aeDKM A presentation to Senate, May 16, 2016. As one of TRU’s strategic priorities, sustainability is important. Jim Gudjonson presents a sustainability overview including progress…
We are in the early stages of compiling data on people's thoughts about the creation of an anti-littering campaign here at TRU and want your input!…
April 22 is Earth Day, the annual international day of environmental action. It’s the one day a year we are reminded to celebrate this beautiful…
TRU will begin including environmental, social and governance factors in its investment decisions through membership in the United Nations-supported initiative called Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).…
Earth Month is here! At TRU, there are so many things you can do on campus to live more sustainably and make a difference to…
The Sustainability Grant Fund was created with the goal to advance sustainability at Thompson Rivers University. Grants are awarded to improve the university’s operational environmental…
Four new projects have been given the green light in the latest round of funding through TRU's Sustainability Grant Fund (SGF). Paid for through the…
Results are in on the impact of TRU’s Sweater Days, which extended the annual contests and temperature reductions across three days this year. Starting Feb. 2…
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 Old Main building expansion—which houses TRU Law— received international recognition this week at the 2015 Wood Design Awards. Facilitated by the Canadian Wood Council…
TRU Sweater Day ‘gets stretched’ in 2016 (includes hockey sweaters!) ‘More of a good thing’ is the theme for this year’s TRU Sweater Day. The…
Does enough wind blow through TRU to supply some of the university’s energy needs? If so, would it make sense to have one or more…
Winter has TRU's environmental programs and research coordinator James Gordon thinking about his 19th century ancestors, driving a horse and buggy through the ice and snow—no heater,…
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.…
Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) has pledged $250,000 towards the creation of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair position at…
In the past, carpooling to TRU has been difficult to arrange—under-utilized, inconsistent, and not very well-known. However, with rising parking and transportation costs, and a…
The Environmental and Natural Resources Law Club (ELC) argued its way to first place of 24 teams at the 12th annual UBC Environmental Law Group Negotiation…
