Alumni, Featured
Alumni Q&A: ‘Proximity to death a lesson in living’ October 6, 2021
TRU alum Emily Bootle (BA ’14) is a funeral director, embalmer and the founder of DeathCare BC. We got in touch to learn more about…
Tag: arts, Page 6
B100 | New art exhibit opens doors at TRU for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls October 5, 2021
TRU opened the doors to a new art exhibit focused on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The exhibit displays work of local collaborators…
CFJC Today | Release of the Michaels ‘the beginning of a new phase of Canada-China relations’: TRU professor September 27, 2021
TRU expert on East Asian politics Robert Hanlon says the end of Meng Wanzhou’s detention in Canada and the corresponding release of two Canadians in…
Alumni, Featured
TRU alum TikToker just keeps on trucking August 3, 2021
Driving a haul truck has had a profound effect on TRU alum Chace Barber —and not just financially. It also helped him focus his career…
100 Mile Free Press | PRIME TIME: Mike Archie remains committed to promoting the Shuswap people July 22, 2021
Giving back to the people of the Canim Lake Band is what drives Mike Archie, a graduate of TRU and former chief who is now…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops teacher picking up pieces of her culture, empowering Indigenous youth June 28, 2021
Kelsey Jules decided to become a teacher from a sense of responsibility to pass on her First Nation's culture. Jules lives in Kamloops on Tk’emlups…
Akimblog | Levi Glass, artist — Victoria June 24, 2021
Check out this TRU alumnus's latest works on this listings site. Read more
Castanet | Adventure at the art gallery June 14, 2021
A TRU fine arts student is teaching kids the adventurous side of art this summer at the Kelowna Art Gallery. Read more
BC Book Look | TRU prof up for award May 28, 2021
Kamloops-based English professor and author, George Johnson, has been named a finalist for the Montaigne Medal in the U.S., competing with books in all genres,…
News releases
Arts students share works with community April 29, 2021
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU)’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) graduating class is showcasing Perceptions, an exhibition of their works, from now until May…
Kamloops This Week | Marisa the second kids’ book from TRU professor April 12, 2021
TRU English Professor George Johnson's second children’s book, not only reflects Johnson’s own experience, but also that of his wife, Nina, and coincidentally, that of…
News releases, TRU World
TRU signs agreement with Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica April 6, 2021
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has signed a partnership with the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) so associate-degree students can transfer credits to TRU…
Kamloops This Week | Artist and her work enjoy homecoming in Kamloops March 24, 2021
Kamloops artist Martha Jane Ritchie took her first printmaking class decades ago at Cariboo College (now Thompson Rivers University), then went on to study printmaking…
Alumni, Faculty of Arts
Coursework inspires writing career for arts alum March 8, 2021
When Jim Reilly was celebrating the publication of his most recent book, he contacted someone who had particularly inspired him: a university professor. Reilly completed…
Campus News, Faculty of Student Development
Actors Workshop Theatre's socially distanced season March 1, 2021
Student Storyteller Keisha Anderson is a tourism management major and theatre minor. She performed in two 2020 Actors Workshop Theatre (AWT) productions and collaborated with…
Alumni
Q&A: Business grad authors Punjabi-English children’s book February 9, 2021
TRU alum Kamal Rai (MBA '19) recently published the Punjabi-English children’s book Up or Down. We caught up with her: Why did you choose TRU?I…
Campus News, Faculty of Arts, Research and Graduate Studies
Philosophy, History and Politics Conference goes virtual January 19, 2021
In a year when connecting with others has been a challenge, the organizers of Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) Philosophy, History and Politics (PHP) Undergraduate Conference…
Alumni, Faculty of Arts
Talking digital media with video game scholar, TRU alum January 14, 2021
By Tyler Lowey There are surely thousands of people around the world that would love nothing more than to play, study and discuss video games…
Alumni, Faculty of Arts
Arts alum takes history lessons to Asia January 2, 2021
By Tyler Lowey Having one eye on the future and one eye on the past has carried Dr. Dan Connolly to heights in the academic…
