CFJC Today | Rising construction costs, timelines and workforce demand in Kamloops April 9, 2021
There’s plenty of residential construction demand in Kamloops, and with that is demand for TRU trades graduates. Watch the video
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Williams Lake Tribune | Longtime TRU welding instructor Bruce Jenkins reflects on 30-year career February 19, 2021
After 30 years as Thompson Rivers University’s welding instructor in Williams Lake, Bruce Jenkins is calling it a career. And fittingly, he's handing the torch…
Limitless campaign surpasses $48 million February 17, 2021
TRU’s Limitless fundraising campaign has now exceeded $48 million, despite a year of hardship for many. Generous donor support has brought the campaign to the…
Global News | New made-in-the-Shuswap app aims to democratize access to water quality data for everyone October 9, 2020
An Adams Lake Indian Band member and graduate of Thompson Rivers University’s Water and Wastewater Technology program has developed a new app with the goal…
Radio NL | Morning News - Trades and Technology Dean Baldev Pooni on what fall will look like August 27, 2020
TRU Dean of Trades and Technology Baldev Pooni joined NL Morning News to talk about the state of the trades industry and how it is…
CFJC Today | Windsor Plywood Foundation chips in $75k for TRU carpentry program May 5, 2020
The Windsor Plywood Foundation has donated $75,000 to TRU’s carpentry program, thanks to a request from the Kamloops store owners, one of whom is an…
Alumni connection drives donation from Windsor Plywood Foundation May 5, 2020
KAMLOOPS—A $75,000 donation from the Windsor Plywood Foundation has supplied Thompson Rivers University’s carpentry program with new, state-of-the-art equipment. Local Windsor Plywood Kamloops owners Bryan…
CFJC Today | Students trying trades, and testing skills at Thompson Rivers University March 10, 2020
TRU was flooded with several hundred students Friday, March 6, trying out trades, and putting skills to the test in a competition. Read more
Williams Lake Tribune | Youth Discovers the Trades gives students a vision for their future February 24, 2020
Grade 7 students from Columneetza Secondary School in Williams Lake took some tools for test drives at the annual Youth Discovers Trades event held at…
Radio NL | Indigenous students at TRU becoming journeymen thanks to a $2 Million grant February 6, 2020
TRU Dean of Trades and Technology Baldev Pooni talked to Radio NL about the almost $2 million received for Indigenous student training in trades. Read…
Academica | TRU to develop trades programs for Indigenous students January 28, 2020
News about funding to boost Indigenous trades programs was highlighted by Academica. Read more
Indigenous trades programs receive funding boost January 24, 2020
New funding announced this week means Thompson Rivers University (TRU) will be offering trades training to Indigenous students closer to their homes and with needed…
Academica | TRU launches trades assistant program January 15, 2020
News that TRU is starting a new Trades Assistant Program in February was picked up by several media outlets, including Academica Top Ten. The program…
BC Focus | Thompson Rivers University Industrial Training and Technology Centre October 24, 2019
TRU's recently opened Industrial Training and Technology Centre is featured on the cover and inside BC Focus magazine. It highlights what the university has…
Trades trajectory celebrated with Poeschek’s Chair Leadership Award August 27, 2019
Peter Poeschek started his career at what was then Cariboo College in 1989 as an electrical instructor. He’s been an integral component in the institution’s…
Vancouver Sun | TRU carpentry camp a primer for the young to consider trades training August 24, 2019
TRU trades put a group of girls, ages 12 to 15, to work building a daycare playhouse, teaching them how to use tools, read blueprints…
Youth welding camp builds skills for today and a workforce for tomorrow August 2, 2019
Youth from the Kamloops area and throughout British Columbia graduated from a week-long welding camp at TRU today, designed to provide introductory skills and plant…
CFJC Today | Construction industry in Kamloops struggling to keep workers on projects July 26, 2019
Trades workers are in short supply and contractors are feeling the impact in Kamloops and across Canada. TRU Dean of Trades and Technology Baldev Pooni…
CBC Kamloops | Carpentry camp teaches girls skills July 26, 2019
This summer, two camps of girls are at Thompson Rivers University learning carpentry skills and building playhouses for the on-campus daycare. Hear their story
Sampling trades June 10, 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…
