As climate change intensifies, the need to address the risks and threats from wildfires is urgent. TRU understands this urgency and has prioritized research in…
A new report from the University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation offers practical guidance to help Canadians living in forested and grassland regions to…
Across Canada, academic researchers are working on practical solutions to reduce global warming and build resilient communities. Dr. Mike Flannigan, BC's first fire science research…
Health researchers Drs. Juanita-Dawne Bacsu and Wendy Hulko have been recognized for their work, receiving the Convening and Collaborating (C2) Award and Reach Award, respectively. Read…
KAMLOOPS — A significant growth in sponsored research income has put Thompson Rivers University (TRU) onto Research Infosource's Canada's Top 50 Research Universities 2023 list.…
"He might have been a world-class war criminal, but Kissinger also understood China on a level few others could," writes political scientist Dr. Saira Bano.…
Recognized nationally and internationally for its sustainability initiatives and achievements, TRU invites the campus and local communities to a conversation on sustainability and resilience. "A…
KAMLOOPS – Recognized nationally and internationally for its sustainability initiatives and achievements, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) invites the campus and local communities to a conversation…
As the world's top greenhouse gas emitters, China and the US will play a pivotal role in securing consensus at the 2023 United Nations Climate…
Aviation staff at the BC Wildfire Service will be offered night vision training, which will allow them to conduct helicopter operations in the dark. Wildfire…
After Canada's worst wildfire season on record, forestry and wildfire experts are turning to modelling and satellites as an increasingly important tool. While in early…
The Conversation Canada article by TRU Arts faculty member Saira Bano The United States government recently stated it had thwarted a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader…
The Conversation Canada article by TRU Arts faculty member Saira Bano U.S. President Joe Biden has engaged in a crucial face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the…
Alberta is at the start of a five-year contract to trial a nighttime wildfire fighting helicopter. Wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan says the helicopter could…
TRU has joined a newly formed climate-resiliency alliance, with the goal of making one of the largest power grids in North America more resilient to…
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is among a group of research institutions that have joined the newly created U.S.-Canada Centre on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected…
Dr. Michael Mehta, professor of geography and environmental studies, is giving away HEPA air filtration units to help ensure those in need have clean, safe…
Wildfire researcher Dr. Mike Flannigan says the area of forested land in BC is so large that reducing the fire risk across all of it…
Each year, songbirds migrate thousands of kilometres from their breeding grounds in Canada and the United States to spend the winter in the neotropical Caribbean,…
In BC, more area has been burned by wildfires in the last seven years than in the previous 58 years, and the province has recorded…
