(From Government of BC news release) Nursing and health-care assistant students at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will have access to state-of-the-art health-care facilities for high-demand…
Take a video tour of the new Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health, a new $37-million, three-storey building dedicated to giving students in…
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is thrilled to open the Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health to train in-demand health-care workers in BC. The…
Sheila Blackstock from TRU's School of Nursing has been appointed as the Interior representative for the First Nations Health Authority. A member of the Gitxsan…
An associate professor at Thompson Rivers University is leading a national project to reduce burnout in new nurses. Jody Duchscher of TRU’s School of Nursing…
KAMLOOPS–An associate professor in the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) School of Nursing is heading a nationwide project to provide a platform for professional networking and…
To boost the number of health-care professionals desperately needed in a system dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the BC government has announced funding for more…
Tanya Sanders from TRU's Faculty of Nursing and a PhD student at the University of Victoria, co-authored an op-ed piece with U of Vic's Kelli…
After more than five combined decades of successful careers, two mature learners who hit the books again made their mark and were honoured at spring…
100 Mile District General Hospital care aide Kayleigh Jacobson has started her professional career within her own community after taking a dual credit program in…
They are often the unsung heroes of the health-care system. But the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown health-care workers into the spotlight at the same time…
Health-Care Assistant program students are in demand, graduating early to get out working during the pandemic, including a cohort of 18 in Williams Lake. Read…
Lisa Bourque Bearskin, who teaches in the School of Nursing, is the only BC recipient and one of six in Canada to receive an Indigenous…
Lisa Bourque Bearskin, a Cree/Metis member of Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory, is one of six researchers awarded an Indigenous Research Chair…
Students in the Health-Care Assistant program in Kamloops and Williams Lake are starting their careers early in the midst of a global health crisis Fresh…
Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin has long been a leader in nursing research, and now her leadership has been nationally recognized, having been awarded one of…
KAMLOOPS, BC–Thompson Rivers University (TRU) researcher Dr. Lisa Bourque Bearskin is one of six researchers nationally awarded an Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing from the…
Health-care education is getting more lifelike at TRU with the purchase of a new mannequin that can simulate the behaviour of a sick infant. The…
When Dr. Judy Duchscher tasked 36 senior nursing students enrolled in a leadership course to identify a critical challenge and offer up creative, grassroots solutions…
When it comes to finding out what youth need to thrive Dr. Bonnie Fournier has always relied upon the simplest method of discovery. She asks them,…
