News releases
TRU’S Day of Giving exceeds goal November 18, 2019
KAMLOOPS–TRU’s Day of Giving raised $61,700 for scholarships and bursaries on Nov. 7 and 8. That total includes $25,000 from long-time TRU donors Roland and…
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CFJC Today | Donations from scholarship breakfast adding to Limitless Future of TRU campaign November 8, 2019
TRU's annual Foundation Breakfast and launch for its Day of Giving drew a great crowd of supporters Thursday morning. Read more
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Foundation Breakfast spotlights School of Business and Economics November 7, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Scholarships and bursaries change the lives of students who have the potential to do great things. Helping these students so they can create a better…
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President’s statement on passing of students in motor vehicle accident November 4, 2019
A message from TRU President Brett Fairbairn It is with great sadness and regret that I have informed our university community that four of our…
CBC British Columbia | Former Rolling Stones manager and rock producer teaching university course in Kamloops November 1, 2019
News that the Rolling Stones first manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, is teaching a course at TRU spread like wildfire. CBC British Columbia shared the great…
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TRU launches largest-ever fundraising campaign October 10, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Thompson Rivers University is going big, launching the public phase of the largest-ever fundraising campaign in the university’s history. Called Limitless, the campaign’s goal is…
Kamloops This Week | TRU’s economic impact regionally pegged at $705M in 2018-2019 October 3, 2019
Find out some of the details of an economic impact analysis takes into account three main impacts that Thompson Rivers University has in Kamloops, the…
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TRU’s economic impact to the region over $705 million annually October 2, 2019
KAMLOOPS—Thompson Rivers University (TRU) released the results of its latest economic impact study, indicating one in every nine jobs in the Thompson, Nicola and Cariboo…
CFJC | Political pundits Ray Pillar and Robert Hanlon September 20, 2019
TRU associate professor Robert Hanlon and retired political scientist Ray Pillar talk with James Peters about the state of the federal election and what voters…
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TRU president invites everyone to get involved in Envision TRU September 18, 2019
KAMLOOPS–As Envision TRU moves into its second phase, Thompson Rivers University is encouraging the public, staff, students and faculty to keep participating. And for newcomers…
CHNL | TRU Law's Katie Sykes talks about a Canadian journal focussing on animal law September 17, 2019
Katie Sykes, TRU associate law professor, joined NL Morning News to talk about expanding interest and research in animal law. https://soundcloud.com/user-965676831/nl-morning-news-katie-sykes-sept-17?in=user-965676831/sets/morning-nl-news
CBC's What on Earth? | Canada's colleges and universities among the greenest in the world September 13, 2019
The 2019 Sustainable Campus Index put out recently by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an international organization put Thompson…
CHNL | Robert Hanlon on the federal election September 12, 2019
The writ is dropped and the campaign is on. Dr. Robert Hanlon, TRU associate professor of political studies, talks to Jeff Andreas about what's in…
Kamloops This Week | Bahamian students in B.C. can only watch and wait Hurricane Dorian aftermath September 6, 2019
About two dozen students from the Bahamas are studying at TRU — and collecting money and supplies to help those in their hurricane-ravaged home country.…
Kamloops This Week | Working together to prevent suicide, alleviate suffering September 5, 2019
TRU faculty member Dr. Rebecca Sanford, who teaches in the School of Social Work and Human Service, is also a clinical social worker, researcher, educator…
CBC Kamloops | TRU counsellor tells students to relax in advance of post-secondary September 5, 2019
CBC talks to TRU counsellor Cliff Robinson about taking some of the pressure off high-school students as they enter university. He says most people don't…
Vancouver Sun | TRU carpentry camp a primer for the young to consider trades training August 24, 2019
TRU trades put a group of girls, ages 12 to 15, to work building a daycare playhouse, teaching them how to use tools, read blueprints…
TRU welcomes Arts gap-year students with orientation August 13, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Students who take time off between high school and post-secondary education have a higher rate of attrition than other students. Thompson Rivers University is trying…
InfoNews Kamloops | B.C. researcher to build on 19 ECE support programs throughout province July 22, 2019
TRU researcher Laura Doan recently got great news and InfoNews Kamloops has her story. She's receiving $575,000 to study supports needed for early childhood educators.…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
TRU designates seats to train more Indigenous teachers July 19, 2019
When Roxane Letterlough was in school, she didn’t see many faces like hers at the head of the classroom. The girl from the St’át’imc Nation…
