$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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
When Dr. Nan Stevens’ son penned a story on the life cycle of salmon while in Grade 4, few could’ve predicted it would be published,…
Nearly a decade ago when Terry Kading and Christopher Walmsley began to first notice the big city issues that were knocking on their small city…
A project defining and measuring the intangible concept of trust started with curiosity, conversation and the desire to make universities better. Dr. Ulrich Scheck combined…
We see them just about everywhere—on the sides of mountains after a logging operation has wrapped up, and on hillsides marked by mining—wherever we extract…
There’s quality of life, and then there’s “equality of quality of life,” and it is this research that is at the very heart of…
We’re 10 years away from having 100 per cent of vehicles speak to each other through the Internet of Vehicles Dr. Ning Lu predicts, but…
The Government of British Columbia has provided $300,000 over three years to Dr. Lauchlan Fraser’s research team to help manage invasive species in the Laurie…
While the research projects are all very different, the first four teams awarded TRU’s Tri-University Major Project Collaboration Grants are alike in their intent to…
Dr. David Hill will be keeping a close eye on BC’s fragile rangelands, thanks to a $200,000 boost to his research program from the Canada…
An exceptional mentor can make a fundamental difference in the life of an undergraduate researcher, and it is clear, based on the comments from current…
Impressed by its journalistic quality, its commitment to open access and its global reach, TRU is excited to partner with The Conversation Canada, directly connecting…
Congratulations to the 21 researchers who received 2018 Internal Research Fund awards. The fund provides a maximum of $100,000 annually to support research with the…
Food security in Canada’s north is generally described as tragic, often focusing on a lack of access to clean water, soaring prices of food shipped…
It has been over two years since the first wave of Syrian immigrant families began settling in Canada, and Dr. Joyce O’Mahony wants to better…