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Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

Show us your research photos January 18, 2021

Once again, we are asking TRU students, staff and faculty to show us what research looks by submitting photos to the Worth 1000 Words: Research…

Kamloops This Week | $250,000 grant will help TRU researchers probe life and death of micro-organisms December 18, 2020

Supported by a $250,000 grant from Genome BC, TRU’s Dr. Lauchlan Fraser and Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme are leading a research team at Highland Valley…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Featured

TELUS sponsors carbon accounting program at TRU November 26, 2020

Researchers to help companies reduce their carbon footprint A new research opportunity will benefit both grad students and local organizations. TELUS is sponsoring a program…

Academica | TRU announces opening of Wells Gray Education and Research Centre November 17, 2020

Academica shares the news about the new Wells Gray Education and Research Centre that was made possible by numerous donations. Read more

CBC Kamloops | Early childhood education centre tour November 9, 2020

CBC's Shelley Joyce joins TRU Dean of Education and Social Work Airini and early childhood education researcher Laura Doan on the site of a future…

Kamloops This Week | A cultural map of the opioid crisis November 4, 2020

Led by Will Garrett-Petts, TRU’s associate vice-president of Research and Graduate Studies, cultural mapping is being used by Tthe university's researchers working with the City…

Education News Canada | Thompson Rivers University records unprecedented research grant success August 11, 2020

The Government of Canada has awarded three Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers nearly $500,000 to conduct groundbreaking work in the social sciences and humanities. Dr. Gloria…

Clearwater Times | TRU’s Wells Gray research centre upgrades facilities June 16, 2020

Thompsons Rivers University’s research centre in Wells Gray Park received a $150,000 donation comes from Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation (WGCFC) and will be used…

Quesnel Cariboo Observer | Predator scat study in Chilcotin could inform future moose management June 15, 2020

TRU students are studying predator scat in a project with the Tsilhqot’in National Government to determine moose population projections. Read more

Faculty of Science, News releases

Grant expands Wells Gray research centre June 11, 2020

KAMLOOPS‑— A significant grant from the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation (WGCFC) is helping Thompson Rivers University (TRU) upgrade facilities at its Wells Gray Research…

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…

Featured, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing

Nurses are practicing, learning, and leading health research May 14, 2020

Rose Melnyk, Master of Nursing student. The theme of Nursing Week 2020 is A Voice to Lead, and Rose Melnyk’s voice is certainly one worth…

Faculty and staff, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

Research investigates crisis communication during flooding, fires May 13, 2020

Together with Dr. Wendy Gardner and Dr. Wendy McKenzie, and with support from TRU and BC WildFire Service, Dr. Michael Mehta is leading research to…

Campus News, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

Student research fellowships create links between campus and community May 12, 2020

Youssef Ekladuce When it comes to building a bridge between the campus and the community, Thompson Rivers University’s students are its greatest assets. Which is…

Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

Research at TRU: A year worth celebrating November 4, 2019

What is research? At TRU, we believe research helps to inform, and to answer questions large and small. We believe that research is for everyone,…

Campus News, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

TRU opens doors to Community Scholars October 30, 2019

As an open access research university, TRU prides itself on reducing barriers. Which is why we are thrilled to announce that TRU has joined the…

Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Campus News, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies

Research pinpoints why tech firms choose Kamloops October 24, 2019

Because high-tech firms are synonymous with efficiency and innovation, most cities are actively recruiting them. Knowing this, Dr. Laura Lamb and then-graduate student Nicole Bruce…

Faculty and staff, Research and Graduate Studies

Learning through a unique lens September 26, 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,…