Hope. Perseverance. Self-forgiveness. These are key messages TRU alum Liz Wood (BCom ’19) wants to impart to anyone struggling with their mental health. For nearly…

Assistive technology specialists understand that productivity and focus are important for academic well-being but that managing your mental health is equally, if not more, important.…

Assistive technology specialists from Accessibility Services recommend the digital flashcard app Quizlet to help retain information. As a student, determining which study methods were most…

Student storyteller Amna Qazi wanted to learn more about the features and benefits of Read&Write, so she connected with an Assistive Technology Specialist to make…

Assistive Technology Specialists understand the many ways that being distracted impacts productivity and time management. Try the Bear Focus timer to help you stay focused…

Assistive technology specialists recommend using a Microsoft To-Do task management app to help plan and organize the day. Making lists has many benefits — they…

Assistive technology specialists recommend Microsoft OneNote for taking detailed, organized  easily accessible notes. OneNote is a free digital notetaking app that is available on all…

In 2004, Selali Tettevi left her home country of Ghana to further her education and start a nursing career in Canada. Four years later, her…

Universal design and accessibility are essential to creating a safe and equitable space, not only in the classroom but for the university experience in general.…

No matter how many hurdles life has thrown at this student, he has always had the strength and courage to keep moving forward. Diagnosed with…

Finding the right time to do something can be difficult. Still, as this fourth-year nursing and psychology student believes, it’s important to be grateful for…

Following an upbringing that was riddled with endless hospital visits, an inconsistent home life, constant medical uncertainty, and the anguish of stigma that made her…

BigBlueButton is an online tool used primarily for the virtual classroom experience, but there's also has the capacity for social gatherings and creative play. This…

To the unknowing stranger or untrained eye, Justine Chave’s demeanour doesn’t indicate that she grapples with a medical condition on a daily basis. Chave was…

As most of us know it, the world is a visual feast. For Keisha Anderson, a tourism management major and theatre minor living in a…

Imagine sitting down to write an exam, clock ticking, pencils scraping paper, heart pounding, mind racing—all your preparation and studying is suddenly drowned in the…

Through his work as a speaker, trainer, and author, lifelong learner Wai Ma also considers himself a “positive disruptor” of any space he enters—including the…

TRU is ensuring thousands of students are continuing their university education, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Naturally, there have been bumps in the road. But…