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…
Thompson Rivers University has awarded four exceptional graduate students with entrance scholarships valued at $15,000 each. This marks a $60,000 investment by the Province of…
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,…
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…
After changing careers and countries, Odo Nkum feels she has reached her destiny. Odo (she has asked that she be referred to by her first…
Garry Gottfriedson, member of Tk’emlups te Secwépemc, poet and Secwépemc cultural advisor to the dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work, talks about…
When TRU holds its virtual convocation Thursday, June 17, Jonathan Harding of Williams Lake will speak as valedictorian for the faculty of education and social…
TRU Professor Emeritus Jack Miller writes in a letter to the editor that his personal opinion is that B.C. has made great strides regarding educating…
Consent is an integral aspect of relationship building. Respecting boundaries, asking for permission and gaining a deeper understanding of comfort levels can undeniably benefit people's…
TRU faculty members Edward (Ted) Howe and Georgann Watson write about some of the lessons learned in the shift from in-person to online teaching during…
Natalie Clark, a faculty member at TRU, suggests ways that RCMP officers can better connect with Indigenous people, particularly when there is a situation of…
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…
Clearwater graduate Emma Collins has been named the only recipient of the Charles and Jean Whittaker Memorial Bursary Endowment through Thompson Rivers University. The bursary…
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…
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…
Dr. Laura Doan How do you define success in research? Two years ago, Dr. Laura Doan embarked upon a project designed to develop a provincewide…
Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing Higher Education Shelly Johnson writes about the wary relationship Indigenous peoples have with Canada's post-secondary institutions and how to move…
Teaching children how to read is primarily a teacher’s job, but parents play a valuable role. Learning to read is one of the most important…
