Castanet Kamloops | Burial site lawsuits to come? May 31, 2021
TRU Law faculty member Craig Jones says he expects there to be lawsuits, but not criminal charges, after the discovery of the remains of 215…
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Microsoft News/Canadian Press | Work underway for forensics experts to identify and repatriate B.C. school remains May 31, 2021
TRU Law's Nicole Schabus takes first-year law students to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School every year to hear from survivors. Now the remains of…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Office of the President
Sharing in sorrow and truth May 28, 2021
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…
North Thompson Star Journal | Searching for answers to Indigenous mental-wellness gaps May 14, 2021
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…
APTN | On Indigenous Nurses Day in B.C., healthcare workers celebrated for ‘answering the call to justice’ May 13, 2021
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…
The Star Vancouver edition| National Nursing Week: Wyonna Cahoose overcame obstacles to excel as a nursing student May 13, 2021
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…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Finding answers for Indigenous mental wellness May 7, 2021
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 Indigenous Top Ten | TRU, Skeetchestn Indian Band, TteS partner on ASUR certificate May 5, 2021
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 | Higher Ed Is Indigenizing. But Are Schools Responsible for Vetting Identities? May 5, 2021
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…
Castanet Kamloops | TRU, First Nations partner April 29, 2021
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…
Academica | TRU, TteS renew agreement with nine commitments focused on access to education, representation April 20, 2021
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…
APTN | Pilot projects aim to find appropriate cervical screening process in B.C. April 19, 2021
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…
CBC Kamloops | Sisters of St. Ann donate $150,000 to TRU nursing program in act of reconciliation April 1, 2021
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…
Vernon Morning Star | Indigenous family in Shuswap deeply concerned about decision of police watchdog March 29, 2021
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…
Williams Lake Tribune | International Women's Day 2021: Kristy Alphonse Palmantier March 8, 2021
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…
Campus News, Faculty of Student Development
Understanding land acknowledgements March 3, 2021
Theresa John identifies as Dakelh (Carrier) and is a member of the Lusilyoo (frog) Clan from the Northern Interior of BC - she is a…
Vernon Morning Star | Community Champion: Youngest OKIB council member listens to heart, follows dreams March 1, 2021
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…
100 Mile Free Press | Canim Lake Band elects new councillors January 4, 2021
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…
CFJC Today | TRU receives $750k donation to support Indigenous students December 10, 2020
BMO Financial Group is donating $750,000 to Thompson Rivers University in support of Indigenous students. Read more
Featured, Indigenous Education
BMO donates $750K for Indigenous students at TRU December 10, 2020
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…
