TRU launches new program for basic trades skills January 13, 2020
Thompson Rivers University is launching a new Trades Assistant Program for students with diverse abilities needing additional supports who are interested in working in construction,…
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Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured,
Kindness helps students dress for success December 17, 2019
Your practicum is around the corner. You’re nervous, yet ready. But do your clothes suit the occasion? "Practicum is a topic that's discussed in class…
Kamloops This Week | TRU trio honoured with scholarships November 15, 2019
Three Thompson Rivers University students studying abroad are among 50 recipients of the Premier’s International Scholarship. Read more
Williams Lake Tribune | 150 Mile Historic School House collecting local historical stories July 22, 2019
A Williams Lake campus TRU student is spending this summer in an old schoolhouse, sharing and preserving the history of the area where she grew…
InfoNews Kamloops | B.C. researcher to build on 19 ECE support programs throughout province July 22, 2019
TRU researcher Laura Doan recently got great news and InfoNews Kamloops has her story. She's receiving $575,000 to study supports needed for early childhood educators.…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
TRU designates seats to train more Indigenous teachers July 19, 2019
When Roxane Letterlough was in school, she didn’t see many faces like hers at the head of the classroom. The girl from the St’át’imc Nation…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Early childhood education research receives provincial boost July 17, 2019
In BC, more than half of all early childhood educators (ECEs) leave the profession within five years which limits the sector’s capacity to grow, and…
Radio CHNL | Spaces in Education for Indigenous students July 16, 2019
Roxane Letterlough spoke to CHNL's Howie Reimer about the 16 spaces in the Bachelor of Education program dedicated for Indigenous students who aspire to become…
Kamloops This Week | More seats at TRU for Indigenous teachers July 16, 2019
TRU is adding 16 seats to its Bachelor of Education program that are dedicated for Indigenous students and come with supports such as an Elder…
News releases
TRU expands Bachelor of Education to support future Indigenous teachers July 15, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is expanding its Bachelor of Education program by 16 seats in September to help address a shortage of Indigenous teachers in…
Featured, Indigenous Education
TRU wins national teaching excellence award June 12, 2019
Thompson Rivers University has won two of three prestigious national teaching awards from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STHLE). On Wednesday,…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
New technology creates a future for ancient language April 4, 2019
Language makes it possible to share knowledge, culture and identity across generations and diverse peoples. After millennia of Secwepemctsín being a powerful language of the…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work
A great time to be a teacher April 4, 2019
Updated April 4, 2019 Teaching is a great career choice for a few reasons. The overall enrolment of K-12 students, which was in decline from…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured,
Taking education to new heights April 3, 2019
After digging into their educational studies at the master's level, two TRU students are taking their drive to learn more to the next level. Here…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
Preserving words of the past March 27, 2019
Afraid the language of her ancestors was disappearing, Marie Sandy has worked to learn the words that skipped a generation and is ensuring they passed…
Campus News, Faculty of Student Development, WolfPack
WolfPack athletics, mindfulness and keeping your head in the game March 21, 2019
Connor McKenzie is a Geography and Environmental Studies major and is in his third year with the TRU WolfPack Baseball team. A graduate of NorKam…
Campus News, Faculty of Student Development
Experience volunteerism: Acts of service beneficial to emotional intelligence March 11, 2019
Through Career & Experiential Learning (CEL), TRU offers a wide variety of opportunities to learn through experience in classrooms, on-campus and in the community. Beyond…
Featured
Academica | Creative literature course strengthens Indigenous voices at TRU March 6, 2019
This spring, TRU is offering a master's level Indigenous writing course where students to study several award-winning writers, then try to find their own voice.…
Academica | Creative literature course strengthens Indigenous voices at TRU March 6, 2019
This spring, TRU is offering a master's level Indigenous writing course where students to study several award-winning writers, then try to find their own voice.…
Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
Creating a new tradition with Indigenous knowledge March 4, 2019
In 2017, in response to the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Thompson Rivers University initiated a two-year endeavour to transform the…
