Decoding the youth vote July 7, 2016
The youth vote can be a powerful one—just ask the leaders of the United Kingdom’s failed Remain campaign. Youth voter engagement is a longstanding conundrum,…
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Six researchers share in Discovery Grant awards June 24, 2016
Six Thompson Rivers University researchers received nearly $200,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, announced today by the Government…
Undergraduate research showcased at national conference June 22, 2016
Dylan Ziegler has had an impressively busy spring. The fourth year biology student first tackled the Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference in March, where he…
New Gold pledges $200K toward ecosystem reclamation research June 17, 2016
New Gold, operators of the New Afton copper and gold mine west of Kamloops, has pledged $200,000 toward the creation of a Natural Sciences and…
Reclamation research nets graduate scholarship May 31, 2016
Current reclamation research taking place at the historic Ajax-Afton tailings site has earned graduate student Paul Antonelli a $5,000 scholarship. This is Antonelli’s second field…
Research story recognized as among 25 best in Canada April 4, 2016
Ryland Fortie, a fourth year visual arts student, is one of the Top 25 finalists in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2016…
Genome BC pledges support for a research chair in ecosystem reclamation December 3, 2015
Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) has pledged $250,000 towards the creation of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Research Chair position at…
Researchers share in Discovery Grants July 20, 2015
Researchers Mohamed Tawhid and Sean McGuinness are sharing in the NSERC Discovery Grants for 2015, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod announced today. Tawhid receives $90,000 for…
Research shows rent banks work July 6, 2015
Do rent banks help to prevent homelessness? According to the results from the first year of a three-year research study into the effectiveness of rent…
BC shows fastest growth attracting research dollars July 2, 2015
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Research at TRU— like examining how urban systems respond in extreme weather by TRU geography faculty member David Hill (above)—is helping…
Camera Obscura rolls into Dawson City June 8, 2015
Thompson Rivers University visual arts professor Donald Lawrence’s interest in the camera obscura takes many shapes. As an artist, he’s always finding new ways to design…
Genome BC, Imperial Metals, NSERC and Mitacs fund $300,000 research project April 20, 2015
A new TRU-led research project, funded by Genome British Columbia (Genome BC) and Genome Canada, aims to improve the strategies for monitoring the impact of…
Charitable giving in Canada: Who gives and why? October 24, 2014
Economics professors Dr. Laura Lamb and Dr. Belayet Hossain set out to discover whether tax incentives inspire charitable donations, and if so, how effective they…
Make The UREAP Leap October 16, 2014
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Through a UREAP research grant, student Felicia Girouard created and conducted a survey and in doing so, added another dimension to…
5 Faculty Awarded NSERC Discovery Grants September 25, 2014
Five TRU researchers will receive funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) this year, making it the most successful Discovery Grant…
Rent Bank Research Lends Hope to the Homeless September 8, 2014
What happens to a family in danger of eviction when they can’t pay the rent, or are cut off when their utilities are overdue? Homelessness…
