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TRU records unprecedented research grant success

Posted on: August 10, 2020

The federal government has invested $500,000 in research projects that explore Secwepemctsín language, the history of unbelief in Canada, and BC’s opioid epidemic.

TRU heads collaborative research into wildfires

Posted on: July 30, 2020

The Province of BC has invested $5 million for the establishment of the BC Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, to be based at TRU.

Searching for signs of COVID-19 in Kamloops’ sewage

Posted on: July 27, 2020

TRU’s Jonathan Van Hamme is leading a team looking to detect signs of COVID-19 in the city’s sewage.

Research asks what it means to travel ethically

Posted on: July 2, 2020

Dr. Kellee Caton has been awarded a $200,000 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant to lead research in critical tourism studies.

Larsen awarded professorship for ecological research contributions

Posted on: May 28, 2020

Dr. Karl Larsen has been awarded the Northcote and Brink Professorship for his research that has led to provincial changes in how we manage our landscape for the benefit of BC’s most vulnerable species.

Research investigates crisis communication during flooding, fires

Posted on: May 13, 2020

Dr. Michael Mehta, with Drs. Wendy Gardner and Wendy McKenzie, are investigating traditional models of risk communication, with the goal of developing new, more agile methods.