Castanet | Professor to give lecture on peer-mentoring program aimed at helping ECEs November 5, 2024
School of Education faculty member Dr. Laura Doan was recently promoted to full professor and, to mark the occasion, will be giving an address at…
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Peer mentoring retains early childhood educators, researcher says November 1, 2024
KAMLOOPS – Twelve years ago, Dr. Laura Doan read a staggering statistic. According to the Early Childhood Educators of BC, up to half of the…
My Cariboo Now | Early Childhood Education program to start this fall at TRU Williams Lake campus May 6, 2024
TRU's Williams Lake campus has created an Early Childhood Education program specifically to meet a labour shortage in Williams Lake and area. Faculty of Education and…
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TRU fast tracks Williams Lake early childhood program to meet demand May 2, 2024
WILLIAMS LAKE – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has created an Early Childhood Education program specifically to meet a labour shortage in Williams Lake and area.…
The Williams Lake Tribune | Williams Lake early learning centre owners nurture community connection March 8, 2024
TRU's Early Childhood Education program has led to the ownership of Exploring the Puddle Early Learning Centre in Williams Lake. Alum and co-owner Sheilah Olson…
CBC News | Hundreds of families remain on child-care waitlists in Kamloops February 20, 2024
A recent survey by the Kamloops-Thompson school district found that 33 per cent of respondents need child care right now. Education and Social Work faculty member…
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TRU makes top 50 research rankings December 12, 2023
KAMLOOPS — A significant growth in sponsored research income has put Thompson Rivers University (TRU) onto Research Infosource's Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2023 list.…
Peer-Mentoring Program for ECEs in BC | Opportunity to connect October 16, 2023
Headed by Associate Professor Dr. Laura Doan, in partnership with the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), the Peer-Mentoring Program recognizes how both new and…
Education News Canada | Early Childhood Education Centre wins building award October 3, 2023
The TRU Early Childhood Education Centre is an award winner. The centre was recently recognized at the Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards in the Community Institutional…
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Building awards take note of Early Childhood Education Centre September 29, 2023
The TRU Early Childhood Education Centre is an award winner. The centre was recently recognized at the Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards in the Community…
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New Early Childhood Education Centre features welcoming local art October 18, 2022
You can’t drive up to the Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) new Early Childhood Education Centre without seeing the Diversitree artwork that decorates the front of…
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Early Childhood Education Centre opening worth the wait October 11, 2022
TRU’s highly anticipated Early Childhood Education Centre opened its doors Tues., Oct. 11, providing much-needed space for kids, students, educators and researchers. The 2,000-square-metre facility…
Castanet Kamloops | $1.4 million for educators November 30, 2021
An anonymous donation to Thompson Rivers University totalling $1.4 million will go toward helping to keep qualified early childhood educators from leaving the profession. The…
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Funding supports early childhood educators November 22, 2021
An anonymous donor has provided $1.4 million in funding over three years to expand a peer-mentoring program for early childhood educators that will help recruit,…
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Donor boosts peer mentoring for early childhood educators November 22, 2021
KAMLOOPS– An anonymous donor is contributing $1.4 million to expand a peer-mentoring program for early childhood educators to keep them from leaving the profession. The…
The Interior News | Early childhood education support group makes a difference May 20, 2021
Researchers at Thompson Rivers University initiated the Peer Mentoring Project for Early Childhood Educators in BC to support them as they face low wages, isolation,…
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…
Radio NL | Laura Doan's project to support early childhood educators October 28, 2020
TRU Associate Professor Dr. Laura Doan discusses a province-wide peer-mentoring network to support early childhood educators and encourage them to stay in the field. It…
