Clearwater Times | TRU adventure students optimistic about tourism future in B.C. April 26, 2021
TRU Adventure Tourism program students continue to train in Clearwater, a practices that has been going on for almost three decades. Read more
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TRU joins unique Indigenous agriculture partnership April 22, 2021
KAMLOOPS — The Skeetchestn Indian Band has initiated partnerships with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to create an innovative partnership that…
Academica | TRU, TteS renew agreement with nine commitments focused on access to education, representation April 20, 2021
Thompson Rivers University and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) have renewed an agreement to increase access to education for TteS students. Academica picked up the story…
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TRU-Tk̓emlúps increase education access with renewed agreement April 16, 2021
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) have renewed an agreement that increases access for TteS students. This renewed relationship spotlights…
CFJC Today | Rising construction costs, timelines and workforce demand in Kamloops April 9, 2021
There’s plenty of residential construction demand in Kamloops, and with that is demand for TRU trades graduates. Watch the video
Radio NL | TRU nursing students to help with rollout of COVID-19 vaccine March 9, 2021
Nursing students from Thompson Rivers University are getting hands-on training as the BC Government rolls out its mass COVID-19 vaccination program. TRU nursing instructor Steve…
100 Mile Free Press | Canim Lake Band elects new councillors January 4, 2021
Carl Archie, who graduated from TRU's School of Business and Economics, joins the Canim Lake Band after being elected to one of three councillor seats…
Castanet Kamloops | Map of lights for Kamloops January 4, 2021
TRU's Oleksandr Kondrashov, who teaches in the School of Social Work and Human Service, has completed a map of houses in Kamloops with notable holiday…
Castanet Kamloops | WolfPack gives back January 4, 2021
Fifth-year nursing student Robin Price and a group of TRU athletes helped the homeless community in Kamloops this holiday season by giving out supply bags…
Kamloops This Week | Guest view: Arriving in a pandemic January 4, 2021
TRU's new vice-president of university relations recounts his relocation from Winnipeg to Kamloops as the pandemic put cities in lockdown and the university shifted to…
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…
Academica | TRU to submit plans for unique early years hub November 2, 2020
TRU is planning to centralize its early childhood education program, research and non-profit day-care services into one building, joining three components currently located across TRU’s…
Kamloops This Week | TRU dean: Kamloops is an early childhood education leader October 28, 2020
Thompson Rivers University is planning co-location of its early childhood education program, research and non-profit day-care services into one centre on McGill Road, a project…
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TRU Day of Giving keeps going to fill needs October 28, 2020
KAMLOOPS–It takes more than COVID-19 to cancel Thompson Rivers University’s annual Day of Giving that raises funds to support students to achieve their dreams. This…
Radio NL | Ruby Dhand and the proposed Kamloops Community Justice Court October 24, 2020
Legal experts in Kamloops hope to launch a Kamloops Community Justice Court. TRU Law Associate Professor Dr. Ruby Dhand is a part of the team…
The Omega | TRU student opens an exhibition at the KAC October 13, 2020
The Kamloops Art Council (KAC) welcomed a new exhibition curated by local artist and KAC intern Shay Paul, titled IllumiNATIVE. The exhibition showcases not only…
Academica | TRU, Kamloops renew MOU focused on rebuilding region October 9, 2020
Thompson Rivers University and the City of Kamloops have renewed a MOU that will help rebuild the region following the impacts of COVID-19. Read more
Kamloops This Week | TRU student wants to be fed survey data on pandemic’s effects on Kamloops restaurants July 3, 2020
After watching restaurants react to health guidelines that effectively closed their doors, Josh Parker has questions about where laid-off staff have gone, whether staff plan…
100 Mile Free Press | PSO grad Kayleigh Jacobson loves working as care aide at Fischer Place June 22, 2020
100 Mile District General Hospital care aide Kayleigh Jacobson has started her professional career within her own community after taking a dual credit program in…
CBC BC | Hundreds of non-medical masks with Indigenous flair made for First Nations communities May 20, 2020
Shelly Johnson is a professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., and the Canada research chair in Indigenizing Higher Education, but since the COVID-19…
