IDays returns in-person to TRU campus March 3, 2023
KAMLOOPS – The three-day celebration of culture that is International Days (IDays) returns with in-person events at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), March 8 – 10.…
KAMLOOPS – The three-day celebration of culture that is International Days (IDays) returns with in-person events at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), March 8 – 10.…
Women and people of colour are dramatically underrepresented in STEM fields. The fix may begin in kindergarten. In a recent lesson with a Grade 11…
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) explores further collaboration with universities in Mexico, as the university welcomed a large delegation from the state of Querétaro.…
Ramadan is a sacred month for Muslims around the world, characterized by a full month of obligatory fasting and a spiritual cleanse. When this holy…
As a community researcher, Dr. Joyce O’Mahony helps to advance community goals and science. For her multi-year study, which explores how Syrian refugee mothers access…
Long before she had the language to understand what she was witnessing, Amie McLean (UCC ’02) was deeply affected by the oppression and violence that…
Chef Bernard Casavant dropped in to the TRU Culinary Arts program during Indigenous Awareness Week to share his years of experience with students. A world-class…
Sophie Collins initially thought she might end up being the only Indigenous student in her physics class at Thompson Rivers University. Read more
TRU opened the doors to a new art exhibit focused on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The exhibit displays work of local collaborators…
Rod McCormick, research chair and director of All My Relations Centre, discusses the need to expand our thinking when it comes to mental health. Read…
As part of their roles as intercultural co-ordinators, Drs. Kyra Garson and Amie McLean support students through the Intercultural Ambassador program, which provides personal, professional…
Ian Austen writes about his time spent with Garry Gottfriedson, a member of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation who is cultural advisor at TRU…
Garry Gottfriedson, member of Tk’emlups te Secwépemc, poet and Secwépemc cultural advisor to the dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work, talks about…
SPIN takes a closer look at one TRU field course that aims to build relationships between students and Indigenous communities through facilitating discussions, educating students…
KAMLOOPS – A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) for another five years to study rural…
TRU Professor Emeritus Jack Miller writes in a letter to the editor that his personal opinion is that B.C. has made great strides regarding educating…
Mukwa Musayett, the world’s first Canada Research Chair in Indigenizing Higher Education and associate professor at Thompson Rivers University, talks about how this country's residential…
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…