CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU Chancellor DeDe DeRose August 29, 2024
DeDe DeRose talks about her career as an educator and her new role as TRU's chancellor. Story begins at 1:04:41.
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CFJC Today | Construction underway on the 35th TRU Training Home in Westsyde August 29, 2024
Work on next year’s Kamloops Y Dream Home is officially underway with the commencement of the 2025 Training House project in Westsyde. This year’s training house…
Featured, News releases
Leaders share stories of challenges in an ever-changing world August 28, 2024
KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University (TRU) invites the community to an evening of personal and professional stories from two women who are leading equity, diversity…
InfoNews Kamloops | Kamloops man's innovative solution to housing, drug crises gains ground, literally August 22, 2024
Social Work student Trevor Starchuk designed a first-of-its-kind housing and treatment model to address the growing drug crisis, and his fight against the poisoned drug…
Castanet | Radio series explores diverse communities in Kamloops, will be adapted to stage August 19, 2024
Community radio station CFBX, located on campus, says its Storied Voices series will be adapted to the stage by the TRU Actors Workshop Theatre and…
My Cariboo Now | Information session to be held at the TRU 100 Mile House Regional Centre August 19, 2024
Once again, the TRU 100 Mile House Regional Centre will be putting out the welcome mat, hosting an information session on August 21 for those…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Open Learning, School of Trades and Technology
Online water program an opportunity to support community August 13, 2024
A multitude of lakes and waterways are a key feature of the Bulkley-Nechako around Burns Lake, BC, yet access to clean water is a perennial…
Castanet | Low carbon energy district a small but important step for sustainability August 13, 2024
"Building a low-carbon district energy system is a strategic approach to sustainable urban development and aligns with global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU welding bear cage August 12, 2024
Welding students put their new skills to work at the BC Wildlife Park, fabricating a steel cage to allow for veterinary care on bears. "It…
Education News Canada | Indigenous students learn skills while rebuilding wildfire-ravaged community August 12, 2024
Indigenous trades students are gaining hands-on experience and earning Heavy Equipment Operator certification while helping rebuild the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw community in the North Shuswap.…
Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Welding students create cagey way to find grizzly weights August 9, 2024
In the middle of the Kamloops summer heat, 15 welding students sweated it out to build a bear cage using the skills they honed during…
The Williams Lake Tribune | OUR HOMETOWN: Student eyes future as teacher August 1, 2024
When Emma Pittman graduates to be a teacher, she hopes to return to work in her hometown of Williams Lake. Pittman, who is studying in…
My Cariboo Now | Health services expanded for youth at Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake campus July 30, 2024
Students and youth can go to TRU Williams Lake campus for health services. The service, in partnership with the Foundry Cariboo Chilcotin, is open at the…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU's green roof July 30, 2024
Instead of shingles and tar paper, TRU is repairing a green roof on campus with native grasses and drought-tolerant shrubs. "We want to find a…
Featured, School of Trades and Technology
Indigenous students learn skills while rebuilding wildfire-ravaged community July 26, 2024
By Kim Van Haren Last summer’s raging wildfires devastated many communities across BC, including those in the Shuswap. Families fled the Bush Creek East wildfire,…
Williams Lake
TRU Williams Lake campus remains open at this time July 22, 2024
WILLIAMS LAKE — 11:30 a.m. on Monday, July 22 — While portions of Williams Lake are under an evacuation alert due to a wildfire burning…
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Health experts tap into TRU labs for skills building course July 17, 2024
The Sherman Jen Simulation Centre in Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) nursing building is the first university-based simulation lab to be used by a group of…
Wildfire
The Christian Science Monitor | As wildfire season looms, these residents aren’t waiting for government help July 8, 2024
"We see more and more fire in the interface between the forest and the community," says wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan. Efforts to bring wildfire…
CBA National Magazine | Schooling social media giants July 4, 2024
A group of Canadian school boards is suing social media giants, accusing them of designing addictive products that harm kids and disrupt learning. Law faculty…
Castanet | TRU naloxone training, education ongoing for years with new provincial guidelines on horizon June 28, 2024
While new provincial guidelines on overdose training and education are set to be introduced at post-secondary institutions across BC this fall, Wellness Co-ordinator Chelsea Corsi says TRU…
