Phyllis Webstad grew up on the Dog Creek Reserve near Williams Lake, BC, before she was sent to St. Joseph Mission Indian Residential School when…

Fostering diversity and encouraging students to find their path is only part of what makes TRU a different kind of university. The unique cultural perspectives…

The first of many meals to be served at Cplul’kw’ten (The Gathering Place), the Aboriginal First Friends Feast was an introduction, a warm welcome and…

The Lower Nicola Indian Band made a significant investment into its future by launching a new community-owned solar power installation with the help of two…

A variety of Aboriginal initiatives at TRU received a vote of confidence this week from the BC government in the way of on-going funding. TRU…

It almost seems like yesterday that Krystine Lucas was among the nervous and excited attending TRU Orientation day for new students. Fast forward a few…

The countdown is on until it's back to class and that means busy parking lots, long line-ups and potential campus chaos. Not to fear, we have you…

June 21 is National Aboriginal Day and this year marks the 20th anniversary. During that time, TRU has taken numerous steps towards indigenizing campus with…

There is a growing trend for students to take a year off between high school and university, electing instead for a gap year—but is there…

Sometimes the small ways we are recognized have the biggest impact. Work by faculty, Elders, and student members of the Indigenous Health Nursing Committee has…

Aboriginal students now have new pathways towards earning one of three business degrees at Thompson Rivers University. In an historic signing today between TRU and AFOA…

IDays is one of the few occasions where we get the chance to learn, experience and immerse ourselves in authentic cultures from around the globe…

Want to know what's happening at TRU this week? Job Fair, Aboriginal awareness week, Toastmasters open house and the Long Night Against Procrastination are just…

TRU's Aboriginal Education department has assembled a range of events to celebrate 2016 Aboriginal Awareness Week, Feb. 28-March 4. The schedule of events is as…

The BC Ministry of Advanced Education (AVED) announced today that TRU and community partners Alexis Creek First Nation and Northern Shuswap Tribal Council will receive…

Kamloops-based author Richard Wagamese shares his views on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission during a free talk Jan. 20, presented by TRU's Aboriginal Education department and…

For years Marcus Scherer knew he would go to university and even had strong ideas of what he would study when he got there. And…

Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is the keynote speaker for a collaboration presentation involving TRUSU's 7th annual Story Tellers Gala and…

The emptiness has taken flight. An expansive area of wall that was once empty in the Lepin sciences building, is now largely filled with an…

Thompson Rivers University has expanded its global network of institutional partners with its first formalized agreement with a Mexican state university. The agreement with Universidad…