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
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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…
The Omega | TRU student opens an exhibition at the KAC October 13, 2020
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…
Global News | New made-in-the-Shuswap app aims to democratize access to water quality data for everyone October 9, 2020
An Adams Lake Indian Band member and graduate of Thompson Rivers University’s Water and Wastewater Technology program has developed a new app with the goal…
Faculty of Law, Featured
Law students are the future for reconciliation, minister says October 8, 2020
Federal Minister of Justice David Lametti applauded TRU for its commitment to Truth and Reconciliation through its various initiatives and relationships with students and Indigenous…
The Hill Times | Indigenous visions for Canadian post-secondary institutions: past, present, and future October 5, 2020
Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing Higher Education Shelly Johnson writes about the wary relationship Indigenous peoples have with Canada's post-secondary institutions and how to move…
Nation Talk | WAHA: Origins of Orange T-shirt Day October 1, 2020
Nation Talk shares the words of Phyllis Webstad, whose story about having her new orange shirt taken away from her at mission school has led…
Chatelaine | Race, Religion And Mental Health: Therapy Should Be Culturally Relevant September 9, 2020
Dr. Rod McCormick, director of the All My Relations Research Centre at TRU, offers insights into mental health treatments that are not typically used in…
Education News Canada | Nursing faculty member appointed to First Nations Health Authority September 9, 2020
Sheila Blackstock from TRU's School of Nursing has been appointed as the Interior representative for the First Nations Health Authority. A member of the Gitxsan…
Castanet Kamloops | Proactive approach needed (for Indigenous mental health support) August 28, 2020
Earlier this week, the Canadian government announced $82.5 million in mental health and wellness supports to help Indigenous communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the…
Education News Canada | Thompson Rivers University records unprecedented research grant success August 11, 2020
The Government of Canada has awarded three Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researchers nearly $500,000 to conduct groundbreaking work in the social sciences and humanities. Dr. Gloria…
Global News | 60% of Indigenous people say mental health is worse due to COVID-19: survey June 24, 2020
Dr. Rod McCormick, director of the All My Relations Centre at TRU and BC Regional Innovation Chair of Aboriginal Health, talks with Global News about…
Chatelaine | Wellness Checks Are All Over The News—But What Are They? June 16, 2020
As the world examines the role of police in our cities, Canada Research Chair at TRU, Rod McCormick, discusses how community support workers could make…
CBC BC | Hundreds of non-medical masks with Indigenous flair made for First Nations communities May 20, 2020
Shelly Johnson is a professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C., and the Canada research chair in Indigenizing Higher Education, but since the COVID-19…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
Answering the call of community with hundreds of masks May 11, 2020
She’s the world’s first Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing higher education. And she has provided face masks to communities across Canada, to the Navajo Nation…
