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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New nursing and population health building opens in Kamloops September 15, 2020
(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…
CFJC | Take a tour of TRU’s new Nursing and Population Health Building September 15, 2020
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…
TRU opens state-of-the-art health-care building September 15, 2020
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…
Education News Canada | Nursing faculty member appointed to First Nations Health Authority September 9, 2020
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…
Castanet Kamloops | Preventing nurse burnout August 14, 2020
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…
TRU faculty member leads national project to support nurses during pandemic August 12, 2020
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…
My Cariboo Now | Cariboo and Interior students receive more health-care training July 28, 2020
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…
The Province | COVID-19 shows support for home care long overdue July 2, 2020
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…
Learning their lives to the fullest June 24, 2020
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…
