Radio NL | Dr. Vandana Shiva's upcoming visit to TRU March 14, 2024
Arts faculty member Dr. Robin Westland and Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice student Neha Singh discuss well-known environmental activist Dr. Vandana…
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CFJC Midday | Earth Rights, Human Rights, Food Rights; renowned activist Dr. Vandana Shiva hosting lecture at Thompson Rivers University March 11, 2024
Arts faculty member Robin Westland and Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice student Neha Singh discuss the significance behind environmental activist Dr. Vandana…
Lecture series ignites minds, inspires change February 29, 2024
KAMLOOPS — A lecture series by Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty that focuses on issues of human rights and social justice has returned for its…
Castanet | Two years in, young Ukrainian in Kamloops recalls how Russian invasion upended life February 28, 2024
Eighteen-year-old TRU student Yana Voitenko said the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24, 2022, had a major impact on her life and…
CBC Kamloops | Kamloops marks Ukraine war anniversary February 23, 2024
Education and Social Work faculty member Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov speaks with Daybreak Kamloops about the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine war and upcoming events planned in…
Canadian HR Reporter | Study finds a ‘variety of myths around sexual harassment’ cause employers not to comply February 13, 2024
Researchers at TRU and the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Centre have partnered up in a research project to try to understand why sexual harassment persists…
The Globe and Mail | Human-rights groups decry rising trend of corporate SLAPP lawsuits February 13, 2024
There is a growing number of lawsuits by corporations against human-rights activists and other critics – often categorized as “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” or…
Castanet | Free film screening, talk in Kamloops to commemorate Black History Month February 13, 2024
The TRU and Kamloops communities are invited to attend one or both of two Black History Month events with Dr. David Este, professor emerit of…
Castanet | Indigenous Kamloops lawyer says he was searched illegally by conservation officer November 14, 2023
Law faculty member Robert Diab says it’s important Canadians not be subject to unreasonable search or seizure, which is why that right is enshrined in the…
Kamloops This Week | On the Streete to inclusion at TRU September 25, 2023
Pauline Streete - TRU's first executive director of the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) and Anti-Racism - speaks with Kamloops This Week about EDI,…
Scholar confronts racial violence and settler colonialism February 15, 2023
Canadian scholar, author and activist Dr. Sherene Razack has spent decades researching, writing and teaching about racial violence. Best known for her contributions to feminist…
New master’s students learn to create positive change May 11, 2022
When Rick McCutcheon arrived at TRU four years ago as the new dean of arts, he surveyed faculty members about program needs. Based on those…
