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…
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…
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…
Thompson Rivers University's English as a Second Language department is exploring reconciliation and indigenization in its classes at TRU. Read more
Thompson Rivers University's English as a Second Language department is exploring reconciliation and indigenization in its classes at TRU. Read more
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (Introduction to Community Service-Learning) offers students a unique opportunity to connect with the Kamloops community and gain valuable volunteer experience. Offered every Fall…
