Alum’s journey from TRU to Oxford September 25, 2025
With a Doctor of Philosophy in integrative molecular medicine, Ivan Hartling (BSc Honours ’14) now works as a bioinformatician within the Big Data Institute at…
Tag: published research
Science publishes study on wildfire severity co-authored by TRU researcher January 6, 2025
KAMLOOPS — A leading wildfire expert from Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has co-authored a study on the growing impact of fires in Canada over recent…
Conference unites a world of Indigenous knowledge March 28, 2024
By Kim Van Haren Traditional knowledge from Indigenous peoples around the world came together at the Coyote Brings the Food conference at Thompson Rivers University…
UNB News | Breaking the silence: Researchers uncovering the hidden struggles of Canada's queer community November 24, 2023
Arts faculty member Dr. Nicholas Hrynyk and colleagues at the University of New Brunswick are examining the often-overlooked issue of anticipated violence within the Canadian…
New book captures critical voices on special education April 28, 2022
Kim Calder Stegemann and Nan Stevens’s new book, The Journey from Institution to Inclusion: The History of Special Education for Children with Differing Abilities in…
What does the movie cameo say about our culture? November 3, 2020
They are small performances, but in order to understand them you have to draw upon information that you likely aren’t even aware you have. In…
The Conversation Canada | A brief history of celebrity cameos, from ‘Sunset Boulevard’ to ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ August 31, 2020
Cameo appearances in movies ask us to think outside the boundaries of the film we are watching and remember all of the details we know…
New book reframes social work and aging February 27, 2020
[caption id="attachment_1986150" align="alignright" width="350"] Dr. Wendy Hulko[/caption] It is time to explore social work and aging differently. When Wendy Hulko and collaborators Shari Brotman (McGill…
Research aims to reduce barriers for women fleeing violence November 25, 2019
Monday, Nov. 25, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. According to the United Nations, violence is as serious a cause…
Research at TRU: A year worth celebrating November 4, 2019
What is research? At TRU, we believe research helps to inform, and to answer questions large and small. We believe that research is for everyone,…
Gatecrasher “a tiny miracle” for Buis July 2, 2019
Susan Buis has lived in the Southern Interior for almost 14 years and admits that after a somewhat nomadic life, she struggled to open herself…
TRU wins national education award for Indigenous student research mentoring April 30, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Thompson Rivers University has won the 2019 Alan Blizzard Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for its unique, collaborative…
Hofmann’s Echolocation a deep dive into the heart April 23, 2019
Like an album of songs that work together in harmony, Karen Hofmann’s latest book, Echolocation, is a collection of stories that speak to the same…
Rain research: Mitigating floods, examining climate change April 15, 2019
When a raindrop falls alone in a forest, and nobody is around to see it, where does it go? And how much builds up? Arts…
United Nations adds researcher’s book to prominent publication list February 28, 2019
The notion that infectious disease outbreaks, refugees, terrorism, food security and pollution happening across the globe actually connects and affects us all, earned arts faculty…
Students recognized for new PHP journal October 5, 2018
Sometimes all it takes for a good idea to become reality is for a few brave people to step forward and say: “What’s stopping me?”…
Small cities not exempt from big issues September 20, 2018
Nearly a decade ago when Terry Kading and Christopher Walmsley began to first notice the big city issues that were knocking on their small city…
No Straight Lines an inventory of small city social assets June 11, 2018
There’s quality of life, and then there’s “equality of quality of life,” and it is this research that is at the very heart of…
TRU enters The Conversation March 27, 2018
Impressed by its journalistic quality, its commitment to open access and its global reach, TRU is excited to partner with The Conversation Canada, directly connecting…
Answers to food insecurity found in traditional knowledge February 27, 2018
Food security in Canada’s north is generally described as tragic, often focusing on a lack of access to clean water, soaring prices of food shipped…
