Wildfire smoke: insights from a respiratory therapist August 1, 2025
Wildfire smoke affects us all, but not always in the same way. Ahead of summer outings under potentially smoky skies, TRU Respiratory Therapy department chair…
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CFJC Today | Trio of distinguished TRU alumni recognized for health care, truth and reconciliation, medicine January 28, 2025
TRU is honouring esteemed alumni Frank Fiorenza, Annie Korver and Dr. Elspeth McDougall with Distinguished Alumni Awards for outstanding achievements and dedicated service. Read more
TRU recognizes distinguished alumni January 27, 2025
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) is honouring three esteemed alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards for outstanding achievements and dedicated service in the areas of…
CFJC Today | First crop of graduates from TRU’s accelerated anesthesia assistant program set to work in local operating rooms October 22, 2024
A group of respiratory therapists are ready to set foot in the operating room as newly minted anesthesia assistants, due to a partnership between Interior…
First cohort of Interior Health clinicians graduates from TRU program October 22, 2024
KAMLOOPS – A group of respiratory therapists are ready to set foot in the operating room as newly minted anesthesia assistants, due to a partnership…
Day of Giving donors really do make a difference February 2, 2024
By Brandi Thring The financial squeeze felt a little less tight for some Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students in 2023 because of donor support during…
CFJC Today | TRU respiratory therapy program trains flexible, skilled professionals for the rigours of the health care world October 30, 2023
Respiratory therapists play a vital role in patient care. "It’s a very diverse profile and hard to define, but we’re involved in a lot of…
CBC Kamloops | TRU Respiratory Therapy program October 26, 2023
Respiratory Therapy is a rewarding career, and there's no problem getting a job when you leave the program at TRU. Daybreak Kamloops invited student Chanel…
Minister of post-secondary education tours Kamloops campus March 22, 2023
[caption id="attachment_2977368" align="alignright" width="404"] Power engineering students Natasha Bosse, left, and Sierra Neuls, right, had a chance to chat with BC Minister of Post-Secondary Education…
Day of Giving begins March 2 February 21, 2023
TRU is counting down to the 2023 Day of Giving. This year, the community has 48 hours to raise $48,000 in support of TRU students.…
National think tank selects TRU alum September 2, 2022
Trevor Tessier (RT ’15, MBA ’18) has joined Action Canada, a non-partisan public policy leadership program that brings outstanding young Canadians together to tackle national…
Respiratory Therapy alum breathes new life into equipment for RT students August 1, 2022
Respiratory Therapy alum breathes new life into equipment for RT students [caption id="attachment_2972664" align="alignright" width="277"] RT alum Wendy Marlow.[/caption] Sometimes success is a matter of…
Young survivor hands out respiratory therapist award June 20, 2022
Today, eight-year-old Imogen Padmore is the picture of perfect health. She loves cupcakes, gory makeup and anything fun. Standing alongside her mother Christabel Padmore at…
Simulation lab prepares students for real world May 9, 2022
TRU’s new Sherman Jen Simulation Centre creates an environment to better prepare Bachelor of Science in Nursing students to enter a real clinical setting. The…
MyCaribooNow | New fast-track seats for TRU Respiratory Therapy program could mean more access in the Interior November 8, 2021
The fast-track program of the Respiratory Therapy program will have an additional 20 seats, which could potentially bring more access to the BC Interior. TRU…
Academica Top Ten | TRU receives funding to add 20 fast-track seats to respiratory therapist diploma program November 2, 2021
TRU has received a $320K investment that will support 20 new fast-track seats for TRU’s respiratory therapist diploma program. Read more
Radio NL | TRU adding 20 fast-track seats to respiratory therapy program with $320,000 in funding November 1, 2021
Thompson Rivers University will be adding 20 new fast-track seats to the school’s respiratory therapist diploma program, thanks to $320,000 in funding from the Ministry…
The Squamish Chief | B.C. respiratory therapists discuss their work, how it's been impacted by the pandemic March 15, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic began, the province's respiratory therapists found themselves on the front lines, tackling severe symptoms caused by the virus in some patients…
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…
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…
