End-of-life, palliative care March 29, 2019
End-of-life, palliative care Michelle Funk Coltman can speak to the ethical issues relating to illness, mental health, treatment of those at the end of their…
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Science Business | Combing Canada’s caves for new drugs March 29, 2019
Armed with bear spray, microbiologist Naowarat ‘Ann’ Cheeptham is searching for hardy, less-studied bacteria that could play a role in stemming the antimicrobial resistance crisis.…
Science Business | Combing Canada’s caves for new drugs March 29, 2019
Armed with bear spray, microbiologist Naowarat ‘Ann’ Cheeptham is searching for hardy, less-studied bacteria that could play a role in stemming the antimicrobial resistance crisis.…
New high-tech lab explores exercise and aging March 13, 2019
TRU is now home to a unique facility that assesses exercise capacity and cardiovascular disease risk thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Canada Foundation…
Bringing augmented reality to the justice system March 8, 2019
Police line-ups are part of popular culture, but typically, popular culture has them all wrong. For starters, live police line-ups are relatively uncommon in North…
Research supports children living with HIV March 7, 2019
School children living with HIV in Northern Uganda face stigma that can lead to school drop out, isolation, depression, and thoughts of suicide. Dr. Bonnie…
Working with HIV children in Uganda March 1, 2019
Dr. Bonnie Fournier It took 10 years and untold determination, but Dr. Bonnie Fournier was not giving up on helping school children living with HIV…
United Nations adds researcher’s book to prominent publication list February 28, 2019
The notion that infectious disease outbreaks, refugees, terrorism, food security and pollution happening across the globe actually connects and affects us all, earned arts faculty…
Provincial rent bank funding a relief for advocates February 26, 2019
News that BC’s budget allocates $10 million to the first-ever provincially-funded rent bank comes as a relief to Dr. Ehsan Latif, and to many other…
Step into the spotlight during Research Week February 12, 2019
As Mark Twain famously said, “there are only two types of speakers in the world: The nervous, and the liars.” Whatever kind of speaker you…
TRU researchers awarded prestigious federal grants January 30, 2019
Four TRU researchers received more than $365,000 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants program, announced today by the Government…
Healing through everyday acts of kinship January 23, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2947179" align="alignright" width="428"] The girl's group, facilitated by Dr. Natalie Clark and Elder Minnie Kenoras.[/caption] The emotional health and well-being of Indigenous youth has…
First Interior university research funding opportunity opens December 13, 2018
TRU researchers are encouraged to apply for the first research granting opportunity as part of the Interior University Research Coalition/Tri-University Partnership Research Fund. Special Call:…
Raccoons are here to stay—what's next for Kamloops? December 4, 2018
Up until a few years ago if you lived in Kamloops and you wanted to see a raccoon, your best bet was to visit the…
$78,000 awarded to undergraduate research apprentices November 19, 2018
Twenty-six researchers at TRU and their students were given a $78,000 boost this week through the Undergraduate Research Apprentice program. The program provides $3,000 grants…
Indigenous health research designed to 'uplift the nations' November 7, 2018
Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin recognizes that her most recent Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant brings her full circle as an Indigenous scholar. The…
Forecasting the future (using statistics) November 6, 2018
When it comes to sorting through the massive volumes of big data, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. That’s where Dr.…
Groundbreaking science aims to save bats October 31, 2018
Nick Fontaine can’t comprehend why anyone would be afraid of bats. Bats get a bad rap. They’re villainized throughout literature, and are feared as bloodsuckers…
Committed to community October 12, 2018
Thompson Rivers University’s sixth annual report on research, Committed to Community, is a showcase of the world-class research taking place right at our front door.…
TRU researchers share $355,000 in federal awards October 9, 2018
Three Thompson Rivers University researchers received $355,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the Government of…
