Faculty of Science, Featured
Changing higher education for a changing world November 23, 2022
An outstanding group of teachers from across the country gathered in Banff this month to create a project that could…
Tag: funded research
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU researchers awarded over $500,000 through Discovery Grants June 23, 2022
Three Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers received $590,000 through the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program,…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies
Research highlights importance of Indigenous food sovereignty June 1, 2022
For a team of researchers focused on revitalizing Indigenous food systems and promoting Indigenous food sovereignty, funding from the Canadian…
News releases
TRU nursing student searches for answers to Indigenous mental-wellness gaps May 7, 2021
KAMLOOPS — A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Master of Nursing student is marking National Nursing Week with the start of…
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…
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…
News releases, Research and Graduate Studies
Province partners with Interior universities on COVID-19 research February 18, 2021
The B.C. Ministry of Health is investing in B.C. Interior research universities to understand the harmful effects of COVID-19 and…
Featured, News releases, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU, City, Mitacs launch Researcher-in-Residence program February 5, 2021
KAMLOOPS – The City of Kamloops and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cheryl…
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…
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…
News releases
Genome BC funds groundbreaking research December 8, 2020
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University faculty members Drs. Lauchlan Fraser and Jonathan Van Hamme are leading novel research to enable…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
New website supports essential health workers December 1, 2020
The support is immediate, the connections are authentic and the timing is perfect. The Nursing The Future website and online…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU heads collaborative research into wildfires July 30, 2020
A new provincially funded research chair based at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will help chart a new course in wildfire…
Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Searching for signs of COVID-19 in Kamloops' sewage July 27, 2020
Dr. Jonathan Van Hamme Thanks to newly funded federal research, if there is a COVID-19 outbreak in Kamloops, Thompson Rivers…
