Kamloops This Week | It's important to talk about suicide September 7, 2023
TRU social work assistant professor Rebecca Sanford talks about suicide and grief in advance of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10. Read more
Tag: social work
CBC Radio (Daybreak) | Playback theatre in Kamloops September 5, 2023
Anyone interested in theatre or therapy is invited to a four-day workshop at TRU on Playback Theatre, which combines the two. CBC Kamloops' Shelley Joyce…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured
Staging memories August 28, 2023
Theatre meets caring professions in Playback Theatre, a new workshop this fall. A group of first responders on the 10-year anniversary of 9-11. People in…
The Tyee | A horrific case highlights huge safety gaps in BC foster care June 30, 2023
Two Indigenous children endured abuse in a region with abysmally low safety compliance rates. “There had to be either a total catastrophic breakdown in that…
Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Law, Featured, Indigenous Education
Indigenous graduates honoured at ceremony June 16, 2023
Surrounded by friends, family and the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Kamloops community, 30 Indigenous graduates entered the Brown Family House of Learning, HL 190, on…
The Williams Lake Tribune | OUR HOMETOWN: Working with youth is what keeps Derek Godin young May 25, 2023
Alum Derek Godin, who pursued the Human Service Diploma through Open Learning, finds working with youth a rewarding career. Read more
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Creating consent curriculum May 4, 2023
An initiative co-founded by TRU faculty to support conversations with youth and young adults about consent, communication and sexualized violence prevention leads to a pilot…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Indigenous Education
Faculty member advocates for Indigenous rights December 5, 2022
Dr. Rod McCormick, a member of the Mohawk (Kanien’kéha) First Nation, believes in speaking up for change. Trained as a psychologist, the professor and BC…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured,
Expanding our definition of bereavement September 9, 2022
When someone dies by suicide, their friends and family can experience grief, loss and shame — and so can their colleagues and care workers. Research…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Research team looks at full-circle sustainability June 23, 2022
Waste not, want not. Thompson Rivers University (TRU) faculty member Dr. Bala Nikku and his team are addressing pressing societal challenges by examining ways to…
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
TRU research studies disaster-resilient communities April 4, 2022
How can communities better prepare and respond to natural hazards and disasters? In what ways can community science empower community members to build disaster resilient…
InfoNews Kamloops | Advocate for homeless says wrap-around services is the solution for Kamloops November 8, 2021
As the weather is getting colder, a long-time advocate for marginalized members of the city of Kamloops is speaking out about the homelessness crisis and…
100 Mile Free Press | PSO grad up for provincial excellence award October 19, 2021
Shay Pearson, who earned a Bachelor of Social Work at TRU in 2006. is a finalist for the Premier’s Innovation and Excellence award. The Peter…
Castanet Kamloops | FireSmart Schubert Drive September 13, 2021
A TRU faculty member living on the North Shore is working to make his neighbourhood better prepared for fires. Bala Nikku, an assistant professor with…
The Vancouver Sun | Rebuilding Lytton: Difficult, complicated, and controversial August 9, 2021
TRU faculty member Bala Nikku offers his perspective on rebuilding Lytton as a place which is safer, stronger, smarter, resilient, but also culturally appropriate and…
The National Post | In early media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults in rural areas were neglected May 17, 2021
TRU Associate Professor of social work Wendy Hulko and University of Windsor Associate Professor of nursing Noeman Mirza studied early media coverage of the COVID-19…
Vernon Morning Star | Indigenous family in Shuswap deeply concerned about decision of police watchdog March 29, 2021
Natalie Clark, a faculty member at TRU, suggests ways that RCMP officers can better connect with Indigenous people, particularly when there is a situation of…
Radio NL | Social Work Week in BC March 17, 2021
Radio NL talked with Lorry Ann Austin from TRU's School of Social Work and Human Service about the importance of social workers during the pandemic.…
Castanet Kamloops | Map of lights for Kamloops January 4, 2021
TRU's Oleksandr Kondrashov, who teaches in the School of Social Work and Human Service, has completed a map of houses in Kamloops with notable holiday…
Education News Canada | Mapping the resiliency of frontline health-care workers July 15, 2020
How has working in a pandemic impacted the mental health of frontline health-care workers? For those who are coping well, what has made them resilient?…
