A message from TRU President and Vice-Chancellor Brett Fairbairn Dear students, staff and faculty, I write to you in respect and honour to our region’s…
TRU Master of Nursing student Nikki Hunter-Porter is marking National Nursing Week with the start of her year-long funded project to determine gaps in Indigenous…
On Indigenous Nurses Day, Indigenous nurses are recognized for “answering the call to justice” in their leadership transforming and navigating colonial health-care systems. “To all…
When Wyonna Cahoose was in the Kamloops Royal Inland hospital giving birth to her son eight years ago, she was inspired by the nurses who…
A TRU Master of Nursing student passionate about improving mental-health services for Indigenous people has received research funding so she can create change that will…
Academica's Indigenous Top Ten highlights included news about the partnership among TRU and two area First Nations to offer a certificate in ranching and farming…
The Tyee interviewed four academics, including Shelly Johnson from TRU, to talk about the issues and complications around verifying claims of Indigeneity. Across Canada, universities…
A partnership between two First Nations and Thompson Rivers University has enhanced a certificate program where students learn to sustainably farm using Indigenous and Western…
Thompson Rivers University and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) have renewed an agreement to increase access to education for TteS students. Academica picked up the story…
Marion Erickson, a Dakelh woman from Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation in north central BC, is also a TRU masters student working on a research project to…
A donation from an order of Catholic nuns, who were involved in establishing the residential school in Kamloops, will support Indigenous nursing students at Thompson…
Natalie Clark, a faculty member at TRU, suggests ways that RCMP officers can better connect with Indigenous people, particularly when there is a situation of…
The Williams Lake Tribune profiled TRU alumna Kristy Alphonse Palmantier on International Women's Day. She was raised to be strong and to look after her…
Theresa John identifies as Dakelh (Carrier) and is a member of the Lusilyoo (frog) Clan from the Northern Interior of BC - she is a…
The youngest member of the Okanagan Indian Band council has also been the voice and face of Thompson Rivers University. Find out how he went…
Carl Archie, who graduated from TRU's School of Business and Economics, joins the Canim Lake Band after being elected to one of three councillor seats…
BMO Financial Group is donating $750,000 to Thompson Rivers University in support of Indigenous students. Read more
Briana Tetlichi wanted to be a nurse. In her remote community of Old Crow, home to the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, nurses are…
Each forged of hundreds of pieces of hand-cut steel fur, the latest public art installation at TRU’s Kamloops campus is a legacy to the institution’s…
The Kamloops Art Council (KAC) welcomed a new exhibition curated by local artist and KAC intern Shay Paul, titled IllumiNATIVE. The exhibition showcases not only…
