Castanet | Improvements at the Bluffs November 3, 2021
TRU students took a project to Skaha Bluffs, working with ACMG Guides Russ Turner of Skaha Rock Adventures Ltd. and Fred Amyot from Thompson Rivers…
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Sun Peaks Independent News | What can resort communities do to help save future ski seasons? October 28, 2021
Climate change will affect ski resort season length and quality due to variability of snowfall amounts and weather patterns, at both a high and low…
Kamloops BC Now | The Face of Baking: Paige Knapp May 7, 2021
TRU event management alumna Paige Knapp has found sweet success running the Sweet Spot cupcake bakery. Owning the business that she started off at is…
Clearwater Times | TRU adventure students optimistic about tourism future in B.C. April 26, 2021
TRU Adventure Tourism program students continue to train in Clearwater, a practices that has been going on for almost three decades. Read more
Faculty and staff, Featured,
New Wells Gray centre allows year-round study November 16, 2020
A new educational facility near Wells Gray Provincial Park is nearly three decades in the making. Thompson Rivers University is pleased to expand the Wells…
News 1130 | Outdoor education needed in B.C. as more people head outside during pandemic August 11, 2020
The province’s push to get British Columbians exploring the great outdoors during the pandemic without teaching them how is leading to people getting in trouble…
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured
Wiegele's donation funds 14 new student awards March 5, 2020
What does it take to build a world-class business? Students can learn a lot from Mike Wiegele’s 50-year adventure in the mountains—and he's making sure…
CFJC Today | TRU rock history course co-taught by former Stones manager living up to the hype February 11, 2020
TRU guest instructor and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham has been bringing in a new level of learning interest for students taking the…
CHNL | Tourism Kamloops to help TRU students bring business ideas to life with $50,000 donation February 3, 2020
CHNL is spreading the news about a new collaboration between Tourism Kamloops and TRU that helps students bring their tourism business ideas to life. A…
News releases
TRU offers pop culture course with former Rolling Stones manager October 30, 2019
KAMLOOPS–Famed rock-star manager Andrew Loog Oldham is collaborating with TRU’s Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism to offer a once-in-a-lifetime…
Faculty and staff, Research and Graduate Studies
Learning through a unique lens September 26, 2019
This story first appeared in the spring 2019 edition of Bridges Magazine: The Sustainability Issue. Bridges is the official publication of TRU alumni and friends,…
Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured,
Tourism grad sets sights on industry sustainability May 30, 2019
https://youtu.be/c6E2XdW87uc Fauve Garson is TRU’s 2019 valedictorian for the Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism Management. Garson grew up in BC’s Lower Mainland before…
Campus News, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured,
Khabarovsk to Kamloops to valedictorian May 24, 2018
[embed]https://youtu.be/aNGdvkZzlx8[/embed] [caption id="attachment_2724948" align="alignright" width="300"] Anastasia Silina doesn't chase adventure. She's interested in the social side of tourism.[/caption] Anastasia Silina started out as a nervous…
Campus News, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Featured, Research and Graduate Studies
Bats, wine, wildfire — research programs boosted by collaboration grants April 23, 2018
While the research projects are all very different, the first four teams awarded TRU’s Tri-University Major Project Collaboration Grants are alike in their intent to…
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Cannabis concept nets students second-place spot March 16, 2018
[caption id="attachment_2641117" align="alignleft" width="825"] Members of 42 EAU discuss the project during a meeting leading up to the BC championship. Pictured clockwise from the top:…
Alumni, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured,
Adventure alum trades race skis for crampons January 18, 2018
From Olympic ski racer to backcountry guru. How Christina Lustenberger’s time at TRU prepared her for the guiding life, in the big mountains. If you’re an…
Co-op Student of the Year, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Student Development, Featured
Volunteerism at the heart of success November 20, 2017
Recently announced as the recipient of the 2017 TRU Co-op Student of the Year Award, Bachelor of Tourism Management student Michelle Davies paused to take…
Campus News, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Faculty of Science, Featured, Williams Lake
TRU's role in agri-tourism October 27, 2017
Ranchers in the Thompson-Cariboo have more opportunities to develop their operations thanks to a new introductory course on agri-tourism in TRU's Applied Sustainable Ranching (ASUR) diploma program. Agri…
Alumni, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured
Tourism celebrating 20 years with one-day event September 12, 2017
The Bachelor of Tourism Management (BTM) program is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a one-day celebration to commemorate 20 years of learning, scholarship and professional…
Alumni, Faculty and staff, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism, Featured,
Tourism grad wizer than ever August 15, 2017
Bachelor of Tourism grad Max Rivest co-founded the successful coffee leaf tea business Wize Monkey that launched in 2014. We interviewed Rivest back in January of 2015, just after…
