Memorial award recognizes local author
Posted on: August 17, 2022
The first Dr. Joan Sherman Weir Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Writing will be presented early in 2023.
Read morePosted on: August 17, 2022
The first Dr. Joan Sherman Weir Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Writing will be presented early in 2023.
Read morePosted on: January 12, 2022
Three TRU researchers have been awarded federal research grants totaling more than $170,000.
Read morePosted on: February 12, 2021
In 2022, TRU alum Monique Gray Smith will release her fourth children’s book, I Hope.
Read morePosted on: November 17, 2020
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) English Professor George Johnson released his first children’s picture book “How Hope Became an Activist” in October through UK publisher Dixi Books.
Read morePosted on: November 14, 2019
Conrad Scott, once a TRU undergrad, today a published poet, reflects on his research journey.
Read morePosted on: July 2, 2019
Susan Buis’ first book of poetry, Gatecrasher, observes the physical structures humans create, and the natural landscapes we exist within.
Read morePosted on: April 23, 2019
Karen Hofmann’s latest book, Echolocation, is a collection of short stories about finding our way in relationships that are new and changing
Read morePosted on: March 6, 2019
Our TRU expert available to speak on Marvel Comics new movie, Captain Marvel is Dr. Jeff McLaughlin.
Read morePosted on: November 8, 2018
War and peace: what are the lessons? From great tragedies, we can learn so much.
Read morePosted on: September 10, 2018
An innovative approach to online course design has led to national recognition for Open Learning’s Melissa Jakubec and the late Cameron Reid
Read morePosted on: September 7, 2018
TRU faculty members Ulrich Scheck and Victoria Handford are examining the link between relational trust and well-functioning universities.
Read morePosted on: July 20, 2018
Third-year science student Will Primrose’s passion for words makes his teaching and his science more understandable and precise.
Read morePosted on: January 25, 2018
Try out some games during national Literacy month to boost your thinking.
Read morePosted on: November 3, 2017
TRU’s creative non-fiction contest opens for a second year with the prize of first year tuition—free!
Read morePosted on: September 19, 2017
George Johnson’s play, Peace Pledge, won Toronto’s Wildsound Film Festival, and will be featured during the UN International Day of Peace.
Read morePosted on: September 15, 2017
Karen Hofmann’s latest novel, What is Going to Happen Next published Sept. 15, and is already getting great reviews.
Read morePosted on: April 20, 2017
English faculty member Karen Hofmann’s story took first place in the annual UBC Okanagan writing contest.
Read morePosted on: March 30, 2017
Nina Johnson took first place in TRU’s inaugural 180-second Research Challenge for her presentation, “The Wellness 180.”
Read morePosted on: March 23, 2017
Local secondary students comment on their experience taking university for a test drive before graduating from high school.
Read morePosted on: February 17, 2017
Fifty-two creative non-fiction submissions are currently being reviewed and longlisted by students in a senior editing and publishing class.
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