Diony Duraes Santos (MBA ’19) is an accomplished engineer who has worked in seven countries, is fluent in four languages and holds two master’s degrees,…
In 2004, Selali Tettevi left her home country of Ghana to further her education and start a nursing career in Canada. Four years later, her…
Women and people of colour are dramatically underrepresented in STEM fields. The fix may begin in kindergarten. In a recent lesson with a Grade 11…
Taxation implications, land-use legalities, Charter rights, codified reconciliation — if a law student needed a firsthand lesson in what’s happening in on the BC legal…
Nearly 18 years ago, a young man sat outside of McGill Residence on a predawn September morning — exhausted and bewildered, but unafraid. He’d learned…
Embracing her place within the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc people while pursuing a life of adventure is central to who 20-year-old Thompson Rivers University (TRU) student…
Dr. Rod McCormick, a member of the Mohawk (Kanien'keha'ka) First Nation, believes in speaking up for change. Trained as a psychologist, the professor and BC Innovation…
Eighty-three-year-old Cecil Mercer is beloved. Just ask his decades younger classmates from Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) UPrep Program, who joined him with cupcakes and well…
Their research, teaching and service bring together different communities and world views for societal change. Now they're newly appointed full professors and sharing insights into…
Once a member, always a member: from all-star player to all-star alum, Ryan Glanville remains a loyal part of TRU’s WolfPack. As a fifth-year player…
The COVID-19 emergency has passed. What remains? A new way of teaching and learning, finds new research from the Faculty of Education and Social Work.…
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…
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…
Walking across the stage at convocation is always special, but for TRU Law grad Darnel Tailfeathers, a Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) member, the experience was…
Trevor Tessier (RT ’15, MBA ’18) has joined Action Canada, a non-partisan public policy leadership program that brings outstanding young Canadians together to tackle national…
Frances Maddalozzo, a Master of Education graduate and research assistant at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), believes in leading with her heart, every time. So in…
A TRU alum with a drive to improve access to justice is the supervising lawyer at the TRU Community Legal Clinic (CLC). Kelly Melnyk joined…
The renewal of a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) at TRU further strengthens and acknowledges the university’s growing research capacity. Created in 2000, the…
Kim Calder Stegemann and Nan Stevens’s new book, The Journey from Institution to Inclusion: The History of Special Education for Children with Differing Abilities in…
New research suggests that mothers who graduate from university pass on educational advantages to their daughters. Their sons don’t see the same gains. If you…
