The Omega | TRU celebrates International Women’s Day March 11, 2021
TRU faculty member Dr. Joyce O’Mahony talks to the Omega about her just-published book chapter, Hearing the Voices of Immigrant and Refugee Women for Planning…
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Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU genomics lab receives $850K investment from feds March 3, 2021
New funds from the federal government through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will enable a world-class genomic research lab at Thompson Rivers University (TRU).…
News releases
Thompson Rivers University receives $850,000 federal grant for genomics research March 3, 2021
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is excited to receive a $850,000 grant from the federal government through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) that will…
The Conversation Canada | Texas electricity grid failure shows how microgrids offer hope for a better future February 23, 2021
After seeing how Texas was left frozen and powerless by extreme cold weather, TRU's Michael Mehta writes in The Conversation Canada about the state's grid…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU Indigenous mental health expert addresses Senate on changes to MAID February 2, 2021
Today, (Feb. 2), Dr. Rod McCormick testified as a witness before the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs about Bill C7, an act…
Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Law and science combine to answer vital COVID-19 questions January 27, 2021
COVID-19 has taken a tremendous toll on those living in long-term care homes, assisted living facilities and group homes, and many of those who reside…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Show us your research photos January 18, 2021
Once again, we are asking TRU students, staff and faculty to show us what research looks by submitting photos to the Worth 1000 Words: Research…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Sifting through dirt's DNA December 9, 2020
When it comes to biodiversity in soil, sometimes too much information is a bad thing. Thompson Rivers University faculty members Drs. Lauchlan Fraser and Jonathan…
Faculty of Law, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Law professor finds success in Supreme Court of Canada November 25, 2020
The Supreme Court of Canada recently recognized the voices and rights of people with mental health or addiction histories in a precedent-setting ruling. Read the…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
A remarkable year for TRU research November 19, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic shut TRU’s campuses in March, many faculty and students were forced to pause or to redesign their ongoing research projects to…
Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
What does the movie cameo say about our culture? November 3, 2020
They are small performances, but in order to understand them you have to draw upon information that you likely aren’t even aware you have. In…
Faculty of Arts, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Researchers push to keep lower leave eligibility November 2, 2020
Dr. Lindsey McKay The coronavirus pandemic has exposed inequities in Canada’s social protection policies, revealing gender inequalities that have left women — especially mothers —…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research finds peer support essential to ECE resiliency October 26, 2020
Dr. Laura Doan How do you define success in research? Two years ago, Dr. Laura Doan embarked upon a project designed to develop a provincewide…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research equips teachers for pandemic challenges October 1, 2020
https://youtu.be/du4Z62xZHxg Students in Grady Sjokvist's Grade 11 physics class created Rube Goldberg machines, and filmed their success. This incredible machine was created by Paige Grice.…
The Lynda Steele Show | A nasal spray to ward off COVID-19? September 4, 2020
A nasal spray to treat COVID-19, sounds great right? Lynda Steele talks with TRU researcher Dr. John Church about a new project that looks at…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Can CBD and nitric oxide prevent the spread of COVID-19? September 2, 2020
What can veterinary medicine, analytical chemistry and microbiology teach us about COVID-19? A trio of Thompson Rivers University researchers expect that answer to be: plenty.…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Newly funded research explores connectivity, marine invertebrates and rattlesnakes August 27, 2020
Three TRU researchers are sharing nearly $350,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program. Discovery Grants fund innovations in chemistry,…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
New research tools coming to TRU August 25, 2020
Dr. Lauchlan Fraser, professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Ecosystem Reclamation TRU is getting several high-performance tools useful for faculty and students to conduct…
News releases, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
TRU faculty member leads national project to support nurses during pandemic August 12, 2020
KAMLOOPS–An associate professor in the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) School of Nursing is heading a nationwide project to provide a platform for professional networking and…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU records unprecedented research grant success August 10, 2020
Federal government invests $500,000 for projects that explore Secwepemctsín language, the history of unbelief in Canada, and BC’s opioid epidemic The Government of Canada has made…
