Radio NL | Charles Hays on journalists being targetted June 2, 2020
TRU Journalism faculty member Charles Hays talks with Radio NL about the role the media plays when it comes to reporting on facts on protests…
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Radio NL | Jeffrey Meyers on upheaval in the US June 1, 2020
TRU Law faculty member Jeffrey Meyers weighs in on the protests in the US in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Hear the…
CTV News | Kamloops professor becomes proud mom of ducklings, after lab closed due to COVID-19 June 1, 2020
Erica Gray Gowans, an associate professor in TRU's Animal Health Technology program, took home duck eggs that were supposed to be hatched on campus when…
CBC North by Northwest | Karl Larsen on snakes and squirrels June 1, 2020
North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay interviews TRU Faculty of Science biologist Karl Larsen from TRU explains his ongoing research with snakes and squirrels. The…
Kamloops This Week | Sliding slope near The Home Depot a lesson in unstable earth May 21, 2020
Thompson Rivers University geology professors took KTW on a tour of a section of Kenna Cartwright Park, with its geological characteristics like cracks in the…
CBC BC | Hundreds of non-medical masks with Indigenous flair made for First Nations communities May 20, 2020
Shelly Johnson is a professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., and the Canada research chair in Indigenizing Higher Education, but since the COVID-19…
CTV News | From the classroom to the front lines: respiratory therapy students graduate early to start life-saving work May 19, 2020
CTV News spoke with Justine Shaw, one of 65 students in the respiratory therapist program at Thompson Rivers University who graduated weeks earlier than normal…
North by Northwest | Science series May 15, 2020
Hear TRU microbiologist Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham talk about how she got into science and her research work studying white-nose syndrome in bats. The interview begins…
University Affairs | Virtual dance workouts, empty food halls and single dorm rooms: how international students are coping May 14, 2020
Across the country, international students make up the majority of students still living on campus. University Affairs spoke with several universities, including TRU, about how…
Kelowna Capital News | 40 Under 40: Nathan MacDermott May 8, 2020
The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce has launched its 40 Under Forty for 2020, with BDO Canada LLP making up the independent panel of judges. Among…
CFJC Today | Windsor Plywood Foundation chips in $75k for TRU carpentry program May 5, 2020
The Windsor Plywood Foundation has donated $75,000 to TRU’s carpentry program, thanks to a request from the Kamloops store owners, one of whom is an…
Kamloops This Week | Kamloops law professors join group reviewing B.C.'s justice system in wake of pandemic April 27, 2020
Professors Craig Jones and Katie Sykes are part of the Ministry of Attorney General’s cross-jurisdictional technical advisory group. They and 12 others are looking at…
InfoNews Kamloops | TRU prof offering video lesson on how to better understand COVID-19 data April 23, 2020
TRU Assistant Professor of statistics and data sciences, Mateen Shaikh, has launched a video explaining some numbers around the COVID-19 pandemic. He has worked with…
Williams Lake Tribune | TRU health-care assistant grads hit the ground running, graduating earlier due to COVID-19 April 15, 2020
Health-Care Assistant program students are in demand, graduating early to get out working during the pandemic, including a cohort of 18 in Williams Lake. Read…
Academica | USask, TRU each awarded Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing April 14, 2020
Lisa Bourque Bearskin, who teaches in the School of Nursing, is the only BC recipient and one of six in Canada to receive an Indigenous…
Windspeaker | Research chair advances Indigenous wellness in nursing April 13, 2020
Lisa Bourque Bearskin, a Cree/Metis member of Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory, is one of six researchers awarded an Indigenous Research Chair…
InfoNews Kamloops | Why Kamloops, Okanagan economies could bounce back before others April 6, 2020
TRU economist Ehsan Latif explains why BC, and particularly the Thompson-Okanagan region, are well-poised for recovery from the pandemic. Read more
Kamloops This Week | Thompson Rivers University to launch new master of science in data science program April 3, 2020
Students in TRU's two-year Master of Science in Data Science program will dig deep into interdisciplinary solutions, using mathematical, computational, statistical and algorithmic techniques to…
The Conversation Canada | Next-generation solar panels boost efficiency but may carry toxic risks March 25, 2020
TRU's Michael Mehta writes in The Conversation Canada about the newest solar panels—their potential and their pitfalls. Read more
The Conversation Canada | Understanding work-related suicide after the Molson Coors shooting March 12, 2020
TRU School of Business and Economics faculty member Angus Duff takes a closer look at workplace suicides such as the recent Molson Coors shooting and…
