Featured, Sustainability
Sustaining success September 4, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
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TRU is so sustainable it tops the coolest of Cool Schools September 3, 2019
KAMLOOPS—Building on its success as the first Canadian university to receive platinum ranking for its leadership in sustainability, Thompson Rivers University is now also the…
Campus News, Faculty and staff, School of Trades and Technology
Trades trajectory celebrated with Poeschek’s Chair Leadership Award August 27, 2019
Peter Poeschek started his career at what was then Cariboo College in 1989 as an electrical instructor. He’s been an integral component in the institution’s…
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education | AASHE Releases the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index August 26, 2019
AASHE ranks universities and colleges around the world for their sustainability efforts and TRU is the only institution in Canada to achieve its platinum status.…
University Affairs | How Thompson Rivers University is improving outcomes for Indigenous people August 21, 2019
The award-winning Knowledge Makers and the Coyote Project are moving TRU's indigenization efforts forward by leaps and bounds. Read more
Faculty of Law, Featured
TRU Law medal winner stresses being kind August 20, 2019
This year’s winner of the Law Society of BC Gold Medal is heading to the BC Court of Appeal to be a clerk before moving…
Campus News
Scholarship honours legacy of Chinese-Canadian soldier June 26, 2019
The legacy of Chinese-Canadian soldier Frederick Lee will be memorialized through a scholarship at TRU in recognition of his life and character. The Jack and…
Featured, Indigenous Education
TRU wins national teaching excellence award June 12, 2019
Thompson Rivers University has won two of three prestigious national teaching awards from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STHLE). On Wednesday,…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Lawrence a 'culture changer' in undergraduate arts research May 24, 2019
For Donald Lawrence, the true reward for mentoring undergraduate students is in watching their careers take off, and seeing them reach their full potential. This…
KamloopsBCNow | TRU Generator wins Startup Canada Award May 14, 2019
Thompson Rivers University's TRU Generator was awarded the Entrepreneur Support Award at the 2019 Startup Canada Awards for the BC region. Read more
Kamloops This Week | TRU students top national ethics challenge May 8, 2019
A team of TRU students rose to the top at this year's CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Societies Canada Ethics Challenge. Read more
TRU wins national education award for Indigenous student research mentoring April 30, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Thompson Rivers University has won the 2019 Alan Blizzard Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for its unique, collaborative…
Faculty of Law, Featured
Student finds logic in intersection of law and tech April 9, 2019
Third-year TRU Law student David Barroqueiro has been recognized with one of the inaugural Neota Logic Alumni Awards for his work on the platform, in an…
Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Awards recognize outstanding research mentorship April 4, 2019
Mentors have the capacity to shift the way we think, to empower us to think for ourselves, and to encourage boldness and a thirst for…
Alumni, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Trades alum’s award-winning business wired for success April 2, 2019
BC Business magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list celebrates young entrepreneurs at the top of their game from throughout the province, and TRU School of…
Campus News, Faculty of Student Development
Truly becoming: learning intersections in leadership March 28, 2019
As she approaches completion of her Interdisciplinary Studies degree, Payton Comazzetto has a collection of academic experiences that are so rich and diverse that future…
Campus News, Featured, School of Trades and Technology
A golden partnership: Trades Training House builds job-ready skills January 24, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2947219" align="alignright" width="340"] 2019 Okanagan Housing Awards of Excellence applauds Training House[/caption] For nearly three decades TRU’s School of Trades and Technology has partnered…
Faculty of Student Development
On the other side of resilience: addiction, recovery and reclamation January 21, 2019
Nearing the end of her Master’s in Education, Juanita Lindley received an Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliations Connections Research Grant from the Social Science and…
Campus News, Featured,
Donors, students celebrate educational possibilities November 30, 2018
The jubilation and appreciation were immeasurable Thursday night, as TRU student’s got the chance to meet and thank the people responsible for supporting their academic…
Campus News, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Eight students become independent researchers November 26, 2018
Eight students will spend the winter investigating original research questions, thanks to TRU’s flagship Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program (UREAP). The program, which provides students…
