Alum hears the world calling October 31, 2024
By Brandi Thring Through TRU’s Global Skills Opportunity (GSO) initiative, Cassidy Jean (BA ’22) travelled from Kamloops to Spain in 2022 for a short-term language…
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Into the unknown: A coach’s journey from Istanbul to Kamloops February 28, 2023
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…
New country, new language, new future May 29, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZuIV7lLIo When Anh (Colddy) Nguyen decided he wanted to study at a university outside of his home country of Vietnam, Canada quickly came to…
Indigenous Land and Resources Today | TRU: Indigenization includes ESL students March 13, 2019
Thompson Rivers University's English as a Second Language department is exploring reconciliation and indigenization in its classes at TRU. Read more
Indigenous Land and Resources Today | TRU: Indigenization includes ESL students March 13, 2019
Thompson Rivers University's English as a Second Language department is exploring reconciliation and indigenization in its classes at TRU. Read more
Indigenization includes ESL students March 11, 2019
Reconciliation and indigenization is about changing our relationship with ourselves and others. With this in mind, the English as a Second Language (ESL) department is…
Remember these tips to improve your memory February 28, 2019
Overwhelmed by too much information to memorize in too little time? We turned to sessional instructor Jason Ji, who recently presented Knowledge Retention and Memorable…
More of the Writing Centre this summer June 29, 2018
The Writing Centre is open for face-to-face appointments until Thursday, Aug. 9, inclusive, Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Old Main 2674.…
Embracing an opportunity to collaborate April 16, 2018
In the 2016/17 academic year, more than 1,800 international students enrolled on campus in both fall and winter semesters, making up 23% of the on-campus…
Celebrating success at the ESL Research and Professional Development Colloquium January 30, 2018
On December 13, 2017, the English as a Second Language Department held its 3rd-annual ESL Research and Professional Development Colloquium. Having grown from 16 participants…
EDSW faculty and staff get into the grove at the Santa Parade November 28, 2017
Proving there's no need to feel stumped about how to kick off the holiday season, a group of faculty and staff from the Faculty of Education…
Canada 150+ and EAL Awareness Week in one November 8, 2017
On October 30, faculty and students from the English as a Second Language (ESL) department invited guests to an event that both kicked off English…
EDSW Research Provocations Fall 2017 series: Dr. Jim Hu & Linda Westberg present November 3, 2017
Dr. Jim Hu and Linda Westberg of the English as a Second Language Department presented their research on November 1st as part of the Fall…
Congratulations to our newest EDSW grads! October 13, 2017
Congratulations to all graduates from Faculty of Education and Social Work programs! This fall, fifty-one students saw their hard work rewarded as they graduated from programs across…
EDSW faculty and staff members gather to give thanks October 10, 2017
Faculty of Education and Social work staff and faculty members joined together on October 6th for a harvest Thanksgiving gathering. The event included a potluck…
EDSW gives back to the community October 5, 2017
On Sunday, October 2, 2017, faculty and staff from the Faculty of Education and Social Work gathered at the United Church to volunteer for the…
EDSW Research Provocations Fall 2017 series: Jason Brown presents October 5, 2017
The Faculty of Education and Social Work's Fall 2017 Research Provocations seminar series kicked off on October 4th with a presentation by Jason Brown of the…
New publication from Hu and Hoare explores EAL writing June 19, 2017
A new paper by Dr. Jim Hu, Associate Professor in the English as a Second Language Department (Faculty of Education and Social Work) and Alana…
New publication from Wisla, Krauza, and Hu explores service-learning April 25, 2017
A recently-published paper by three TRU staff and faculty members explores the benefits of service-learning - a pedagogy which integrates curriculum and volunteer service -…
SRCL 1000 course connects students with community March 7, 2017
SRCL 1000 (Introduction to Community Service-Learning) offers students a unique opportunity to connect with the Kamloops community and gain valuable volunteer experience. Offered every Fall…
