News releases
ICCHA Wish and TRU partner to raise $1 million June 7, 2021
Empowering nursing students in need to serve all Many students in our community cannot afford to dream. Together, we can make a wish come true…
Tag: nursing, Page 4
Featured, Indigenous Education, School of Nursing
Researcher joins Indigenous health-care task force June 4, 2021
A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Faculty of Nursing researcher joins a provincial task force to improve access to health-care for Indigenous Peoples in BC. Dr.…
Heroes Lottery | Life as an ICU nurse at VGH during a pandemic May 20, 2021
TRU School of Nursing alumna Dana Fedor is featured for her work in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
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…
Indigenews | On B.C.’s Indigenous Nurses Day, healthcare workers celebrated for ‘answering the call to justice’ May 10, 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. Lisa Bourque-Bearskin,…
News releases
TRU nursing student searches for answers to Indigenous mental-wellness gaps May 7, 2021
KAMLOOPS — A Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Master of Nursing student is marking National Nursing Week with the start of her year-long funded project to…
Featured, Indigenous Education, Research and Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Finding answers for Indigenous mental wellness May 7, 2021
A TRU Master of Nursing student passionate about improving mental-health services for Indigenous people has received research funding so she can create change that will…
APTN | Pilot projects aim to find appropriate cervical screening process in B.C. April 19, 2021
Marion Erickson, a Dakelh woman from Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation in north central BC, is also a TRU masters student working on a research project to…
CBC Kamloops | Sisters of St. Ann donate $150,000 to TRU nursing program in act of reconciliation April 1, 2021
A donation from an order of Catholic nuns, who were involved in establishing the residential school in Kamloops, will support Indigenous nursing students at Thompson…
CFJC Today | Sisters of Saint Ann donate $150,000 for TRU Indigenous nursing initiatives March 26, 2021
The Sisters of St. Ann contributed $150,000 toward TRU's Limitless campaign, pushing it ever closer to the $50-million goal. Read more
The Omega | TRU celebrates International Women’s Day March 11, 2021
TRU faculty member Dr. Joyce O’Mahony talks to the Omega about her just-published book chapter, Hearing the Voices of Immigrant and Refugee Women for Planning…
Radio NL | TRU nursing students to help with rollout of COVID-19 vaccine March 9, 2021
Nursing students from Thompson Rivers University are getting hands-on training as the BC Government rolls out its mass COVID-19 vaccination program. TRU nursing instructor Steve…
Campus News, Featured
Limitless campaign surpasses $48 million February 17, 2021
TRU’s Limitless fundraising campaign has now exceeded $48 million, despite a year of hardship for many. Generous donor support has brought the campaign to the…
Alumni
Smith's books 'reflect lived experiences of Indigenous children' February 12, 2021
TRU alum Monique Gray Smith has been very successful in her career as both a psychiatric nurse and author since studying at Cariboo College. In…
Castanet Kamloops | WolfPack gives back January 4, 2021
Fifth-year nursing student Robin Price and a group of TRU athletes helped the homeless community in Kamloops this holiday season by giving out supply bags…
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…
Castanet Kamloops | Support website for nurses December 4, 2020
TRU School of Nursing professor Judy Duchscher has seen the need for support for new nurses for years. At the end of November, a national…
Alumni, Featured, School of Nursing
Nursing alum working on COVID-19 vaccine rollout December 1, 2020
Nurses will be on the front lines of COVID-19 vaccinations. When that time comes, vaccine management and distribution are big challenges to face, says TRU…
