News releases
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.…
Tag: intercultural understanding, Page 4
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured
Do the math March 3, 2023
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…
News releases
TRU signs MOUs with Mexican universities March 2, 2023
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) explores further collaboration with universities in Mexico, as the university welcomed a large delegation from the state of Querétaro.…
Faculty of Student Development
How to support Muslim students throughout Ramadan February 27, 2023
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…
Featured, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Syrian refugee mothers need support, says researcher February 22, 2023
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…
Alumni, Faculty and staff, Featured
Alum returns as intercultural co-ordinator January 3, 2023
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…
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured, Indigenous Education
Top chef cooks up lessons for TRU students March 8, 2022
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…
University Affairs Headlines | The Province Douglas Todd: B.C. Indigenous students climbing the higher education ladder December 13, 2021
Sophie Collins initially thought she might end up being the only Indigenous student in her physics class at Thompson Rivers University. Read more
B100 | New art exhibit opens doors at TRU for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls October 5, 2021
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…
Chatelaine | Race, religion and mental health: therapy should be culturally relevant September 29, 2021
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…
Faculty of Student Development
Intercultural education opens a world of growth September 17, 2021
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…
The New York Times | My most memorable interview with a residential school survivor July 20, 2021
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…
The New York Times | With the discovery of unmarked graves, Canada's Indigenous seek reckoning June 28, 2021
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…
Sun Peaks Independent News | Adventure Studies course links mountain biking with reconciliation June 17, 2021
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…
News releases
TRU researcher receives national recognition, funding extension June 15, 2021
KAMLOOPS – A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) for another five years to study rural…
The Province | Letters: British Columbia is a leader in Indigenous education June 10, 2021
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…
Vice |The residential school system didn’t end—it just became foster care June 9, 2021
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…
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…
