Page 40 – TRU Newsroom

Inspiring generations

Posted on: June 12, 2020

Thompson Rivers University is conferring honorary doctorate degrees upon two outstanding women who share remarkable resilience in overcoming traumatic experiences in their lives.

SOBE grad named chair of BC Chamber board

Posted on: June 11, 2020

TRU grad Aleece Laird is the new chair of the BC Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year's D2L award winners for innovation in teaching and learning.

Small study subjects reap big award

Posted on: June 11, 2020

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham is one of this year’s esteemed recipients of the D2L (Desire2Learn) Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning.

Don Poirier, associate vice-president of TRU Open Learning.

TRU takes lead role in global education accessibility

Posted on: June 9, 2020

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is at the forefront of making free online education more accessible around the world—a resource that’s more important than ever since…

Provincial scholarships support graduate research

Posted on: June 9, 2020

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…

Larsen awarded professorship for ecological research contributions

Posted on: May 28, 2020

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…

Ducks hatched by Animal Health Technology April 2020

Hatched at home and avatar physicists: Faculty of Science rolls with COVID changes

Posted on: May 21, 2020

When classes moved to alternate delivery, four unhatched ducks weren't lost in the shuffle.

Members of TRU's Learning Technology and Innovations and Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning staff members

Concrete teaching support during unsettled times

Posted on: May 20, 2020

Meet the team supporting TRU instructors during the pivot to virtual learning.

Nurses are practicing, learning, and leading health research

Posted on: May 14, 2020

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.

Research investigates crisis communication during flooding, fires

Posted on: May 13, 2020

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…

Will Primrose, left, and Youseff Ekladuce

Student research fellowships create links between campus and community

Posted on: May 12, 2020

Two student researchers, Will Primrose and Youssef Ekladuce, have been awarded Community-Engaged Student Research Fellowships.

These are some of the almost-700 face masks made by Shelly Johnson and her husband Myles Clay for Indigenous communities.

Answering the call of community with hundreds of masks

Posted on: May 11, 2020

Canada Research Chair Dr. Shelly Johnson has made almost 700 face masks on request from Indigenous communities and connections across Canada and beyond.

Nurses shine in turbulent times

Posted on: May 11, 2020

TRU nursing students and faculty are showing strength as they do their best during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Productivity hacks for staying on track: recipes for a better work/life balance

Posted on: May 7, 2020

Learn more about staying organized, managing time, and utilizing technology to its full assistive potential.

TRU Clinical Co-ordinator and Associate Teaching Professor for the Respiratory Therapy program, Mike Lemphers

Students graduate straight to the COVID-19 frontlines

Posted on: May 7, 2020

As the novel coronavirus swept around the globe and killed thousands of people, 65 student respiratory therapists at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) graduated early to…

TRU supports students to spend summer as researchers

Posted on: May 5, 2020

Twenty-three exceptional undergraduates have been funded to spend the summer conducting independent research projects.

Conference call confidence: overcoming virtual stage fright

Posted on: May 4, 2020

Rachel Cantin, Learning Strategist, Orientation and Transitions, collaborated with Career & Experiential Learning to discuss ways to succeed in virtual meetings.