Online water program an opportunity to support community August 13, 2024
A multitude of lakes and waterways are a key feature of the Bulkley-Nechako around Burns Lake, BC, yet access to clean water is a perennial…
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CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU welding bear cage August 12, 2024
Welding students put their new skills to work at the BC Wildlife Park, fabricating a steel cage to allow for veterinary care on bears. "It…
Education News Canada | Indigenous students learn skills while rebuilding wildfire-ravaged community August 12, 2024
Indigenous trades students are gaining hands-on experience and earning Heavy Equipment Operator certification while helping rebuild the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw community in the North Shuswap.…
Welding students create cagey way to find grizzly weights August 9, 2024
In the middle of the Kamloops summer heat, 15 welding students sweated it out to build a bear cage using the skills they honed during…
Indigenous students learn skills while rebuilding wildfire-ravaged community July 26, 2024
By Kim Van Haren Last summer’s raging wildfires devastated many communities across BC, including those in the Shuswap. Families fled the Bush Creek East wildfire,…
CFJC Today | Clearwater Secondary students get hands-on learning experience in carpentry foundations program June 25, 2024
Nine Clearwater Secondary students are working toward their Level One carpentry apprenticeship through a partnership with TRU, SD73, Borrow Enterprises and the District of Clearwater.…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU tree care tips June 18, 2024
With a hot, dry summer looming, Horticulture Program Co-ordinator Elise Menard Jonker talks trees and the right plant for the right place. Story begins at…
100 Mile Free Press | 100 Mile House welder brings home gold from Skills Canada June 12, 2024
Trades student and 100 Mile House native Cole Allan brought home gold for BC at this year's Skills Canada competition. "Growing up and even until…
Three trades students bring home national medals June 10, 2024
By Kim Van Haren Three TRU students celebrated big wins at the Skills Canada National competition in Quebec City from May 29 - June 1,…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU Trades competition May 22, 2024
The School of Trades and Technology has a lot to celebrate. Five trades students are headed to Quebec to compete in the Skills Canada National Competition,…
100 Mile Free Press | South Cariboo Business Centre hosting open house for TRU 100 Mile House May 13, 2024
TRU is opening a two-room campus in 100 Mile House and the South Cariboo Business Centre is hosting an open house to celebrate. “We wanted…
The Williams Lake Tribune | Chelsea Lewis memorial ride June 1, 2 to support TRU bursary May 13, 2024
The family of Chelsea Lewis are hosting a memorial ATV ride on June 1 and 2 to raise more funds in support of women in…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | TRU plant sale May 2, 2024
Elise Menard Jonker, professor in the Horticulture department, discusses the upcoming planting season and this year's Friends of the Garden sale on Saturday, May 4.…
CFJC Today | TRU trades students reach provincial podium May 2, 2024
Six students celebrated on the podium at the Skills Canada BC competition on April 17, bringing home one bronze medal and five gold medals in…
North Thompson Star/Journal | Barriere Secondary student Alexis Nelson brings home a gold medal in provincial trades competition April 26, 2024
Barriere Secondary student Alexis Nelson, enrolled in the Foundation program in Trades and Transitions at TRU, brings home another gold medal. Read more
Trades students build up successes April 26, 2024
Six Thompson Rivers University (TRU) students celebrated on the podium at the Skills Canada BC competition on April 17, bringing home one bronze and five…
Clearwater Times | Home build gives students chance to gain Level 1 Carpentry in Clearwater March 21, 2024
Clearwater Secondary School and TRU are partnering in the North Thompson Valley, offering the TRU Foundation Carpentry Program at the high school. "These students could…
CBC Kamloops | TRU Trades toxic drugs exhibit March 13, 2024
A first of its kind exhibit that talks about the impact of drug use on the trades is opening at TRU. Dr. Will Garrett-Petts, Jason…
(Red) Sealing the deal on skills for Indigenous trades students January 18, 2024
By Kim Van Haren After writing their Red Seal exam just before the holidays, six Indigenous carpentry students in the School of Trades and Technology…
Agassiz-Harrison Observer | Hope and Agassiz elementary students learn about welding December 7, 2023
Hope and Agassiz elementary students recently learned about welding as a trade career and got the chance to observe SD78 high school students as they…
