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
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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…
TRU honours two women who overcame dire childhoods May 19, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 KAMLOOPS – One survived the BC residential school system, the other survived a Nazi concentration camp. Both are…
Answering the call of community with hundreds of masks May 11, 2020
She’s the world’s first Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing higher education. And she has provided face masks to communities across Canada, to the Navajo Nation…
CFJC Today | Windsor Plywood Foundation chips in $75k for TRU carpentry program May 5, 2020
The Windsor Plywood Foundation has donated $75,000 to TRU’s carpentry program, thanks to a request from the Kamloops store owners, one of whom is an…
Socially distanced Ramadan: five tips for a transformative experience April 21, 2020
Ramadan, a month of cleansing, community, and connection to God, is the most precious time on the Muslim calendar. However, in this time of quarantine…
Telephone service outage, Kamloops campus March 2, 2020
This Saturday, Mar. 7, the City of Kamloops will be undergoing work that impacts TRU's telephone services. The city is moving fibre cable on West…
First residential building officially opens at TRU February 28, 2020
Thompson Rivers University President Brett Fairbairn joined other dignitaries Friday for the official grand opening of Legacy Square, the first residential project to be complete…
Cards of connection February 18, 2020
Stephanie Tate wanted to give new students a boost of motivation as they navigate their first year. She found fresh graduates to share their wisdom…
Teaching rights to local kids with Mind the Gap February 17, 2020
Excited, giggling kids marching about, adults scurrying after them, joyful exclamations, and abandoned, half-eaten mandarin oranges filled the ordinarily peaceful, serene space of the round…
Using big dreams to turn mountains into molehills February 13, 2020
For two years, Sebastian Carrasco had prepared for this moment. Yet as he waited at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, questions continued to swirl in…
Celebrate Black History Month in Kamloops February 13, 2020
Each February, Black History Month highlights the integral role that black Canadians have played throughout the history of our nation, and presents an opportunity to…
Why Y-Minds: a participant’s perspective January 27, 2020
I attended Y-Minds because my experience with stress and anxiety had no end in sight. My inability to enjoy life and handle life’s complications made…
Williams Lake Tribune | Students teach students at TRU wellness clinic December 20, 2019
A team of six Thompson River University Nursing students came together to teach Nesika Elementary students about the human body, sexuality and drugs during a…
A gift with a view: health-care students give back with a bench December 9, 2019
Taking care of people isn’t for the faint of heart, and a group of recently graduated health-care assistants are showing their gratitude to their program…
TRU's Day of Giving exceeds goal November 20, 2019
TRU’s Day of Giving 2019 raised $61,700 for scholarships and bursaries on Nov. 7 and 8. That total includes $25,000 from long-time TRU donors Roland…
CFJC Today | Donations from scholarship breakfast adding to Limitless Future of TRU campaign November 8, 2019
TRU's annual Foundation Breakfast and launch for its Day of Giving drew a great crowd of supporters Thursday morning. Read more
TRU offers pop culture course with former Rolling Stones manager October 30, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Famed rock-star manager Andrew Loog Oldham is collaborating with TRU’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism to offer a once-in-a-lifetime…
