TRU to receive funding for trades training equipment February 4, 2015
TRU will receive $325,274 to purchase new trades training equipment as part of BC’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint. The new equipment will support trades students who are…
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Trades employers meeting students on campus January 16, 2015
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] This is screen grab of the video KinderMorgan created during its recent stop at TRU Trades & Technology. The stop was…
New opportunity for local high school students to sample university in 2014 November 28, 2014
School District 73 and Thompson Rivers University are collaborating to deliver a unique education opportunity for students in the region to sample university while they…
Foundation campaign celebrates partners supporting trades November 12, 2014
The TRU Foundation kicked-off its annual campaign today by celebrating the various community partners who have supported the university’s trades programs through the years. Among…
New skills training seats in the Cariboo at TRU October 24, 2014
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] BC Premier Christy Clark makes a funding announcement at the Kamloops campus in this file photo from September 2011. She announced…
Trades Students Mix With Cabinet Ministers October 15, 2014
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] John Rustad, left, B.C. minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, speaks with Women in Trades Training program student Shavonne Mountain during…
Virtual Trades Instruction To Remote Areas September 30, 2014
Instructors in TRU’s School of Trades and Technology are using video meeting software to help train a group of Haisla First Nations construction students at…
Money for Trades Key to LNG Industry July 31, 2014
The following is a media release issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education As part of BC’s Blueprint, TRU will receive funding for…
Out of the Comfort Zone July 8, 2014
Reprinted from Bridges Magazine Spring 2014, by Bart Cummins and Anita Rathje Experiential learning wakes up education Kate Strangway spent much of last summer in…
Researchers Do More than Raise a Flag about Invasive Species June 17, 2014
By Mackenzie Cassels, with photos by Wendy Gardner Vaseux Lake, located between Okanagan Falls and Oliver on the Okanagan Highway, is home to a variety…
Bring learning to life with research experience February 18, 2014
As an undergraduate at TRU, you have a unique opportunity to bring learning to life, by experiencing research. If you’re picturing yourself lugging musty books…
$700,000 grant from RBC Foundation launches the RBC Women in Trades Training Program February 12, 2014
To provide bursaries and mentorship to women enrolled in trades programs Women often face financial challenges that can affect their decision to pursue training in…
Pilot trades program to give apprentices more training early on November 19, 2013
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Amrik Virk, BC minister of Advanced Education addresses the audience during the Nov. 19 announcement, while to his left, students in…
TRU sharing in $1.8 million for new seats in Trades and Culinary Arts October 30, 2013
TRU is sharing in $1.8 million that's being spent around the province to create more seats in selected trades-training programs. Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk…
Two gold Keystone awards for 2013 Y Dream Home September 30, 2013
The TRU School of Trades and Technology won two gold awards at the 9th annual Keystone Home Builders Awards of Excellence on September 28. For…
