TRU's Trades and Technology will receive $857,000 in additional funding for the purchase of trades equipment, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education has announced. Examples of equipment…

Today, Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification, and Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the…

The Ministry of Advanced Education recently announced it would pay for 16 seats in the Foundation millwright program. Years of lobbying for a millwright program…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Greg Toth, senior director for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project, announces a memorandum of understanding with TRU on April 7,…

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="165"] Culinary Arts student Teraneh Crick placed first in the Culinary Arts category during the 2015 Regional Skills competition held at TRU…

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…

[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…

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…

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…

[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…

[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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

[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 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…

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…