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Five wildfire smoke FAQs September 12, 2024
Wildfire smoke affects us all, but not always in the same way. To answer some of the most common questions about the impact of wildfire…
Tag: respiratory therapy
Faculty of Science, Featured, Giving, School of Nursing
Day of Giving donors really do make a difference February 2, 2024
The financial squeeze felt a little less tight for some Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students in 2023 because of donor support during the last Day…
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…
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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…
Featured, Giving
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.…
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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…
Alumni
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…
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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…
Featured, School of Nursing
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…
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Students graduate straight to the COVID-19 frontlines May 7, 2020
For someone who is hit hard by COVID-19, the sound is both reassuring and terrifying. The shoop click click, shoop click click, of a ventilator…
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Donation prepares students for hospital work March 31, 2020
Health-care workers have always been unsung heroes, but the COVID-19 pandemic has put a new spotlight on the people who spend their lives saving others.…
Featured, School of Nursing
Raising a paddle for health-care education February 25, 2020
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…
CHNL | Jeff Andreas Show Allison Innes-Wiens and Cory Croft on anti-vaping presentation November 20, 2019
Hear TRU Respiratory Therapy Lecturer Allison Innes-Wiens and student Cory Croft about the program they've developed with School District 73 to discourage youths from vaping.…
