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…
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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
Featured, School of Trades and Technology
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…
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Trades and tech students storm provincial competition May 8, 2019
TRU School of Trades and Technology (STT) students have won Skills Canada Provincial Competition medals in nearly every category they entered back in April, with…
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Coyote builds capacity and community through trades and tech April 26, 2019
TRU’s School of Trades and Technology (STT) is enacting the university’s cross-campus Coyote Project in conjunction with local First Nations and government bodies, to provide…
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Trades alum’s award-winning business wired for success April 2, 2019
BC Business magazine’s annual 30 Under 30 list celebrates young entrepreneurs at the top of their game from throughout the province, and TRU School of…
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BC Business | His company is one of the leading installers of electric vehicle charging stations in the Lower Mainland April 1, 2019
2019 30 Under 30 Winners Taylor Ross, 29 FOUNDER AND CEO TDR ELECTRIC Helmed by TRU alumnus Taylor Ross, Vancouver-based TDR Electric has grown to…
BC Business | His company is one of the leading installers of electric vehicle charging stations in the Lower Mainland April 1, 2019
Helmed by TRU alumnus Taylor Ross, Vancouver-based TDR Electric has grown to 19 employees and five service vans that roam the Lower Mainland. The company…
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CFJC Today | 2019 TRU Training House ready to become next Dream Home March 28, 2019
Overseen by professionals and instructors, TRU trades students built about half of this year's Y Dream Home at Tobiano through the unique Training House program…
CFJC Today | 2019 TRU Training House ready to become next Dream Home March 28, 2019
Overseen by professionals and instructors, TRU trades students built about half of this year's Y Dream Home at Tobiano through the unique Training House program…
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Eagle Valley News | Sicamous students win big at skills competition March 10, 2019
The Eagle Valley News covered how student from Sicamous rocked this year's Skills Competition at TRU. Read more
Eagle Valley News | Sicamous students win big at skills competition March 10, 2019
The Eagle Valley News covered how student from Sicamous rocked this year's Skills Competition at TRU. Read more
The Omega | Students test seaworthiness of cardboard at TCC March 4, 2019
Students from David Thompson and Logan Lake Elementary school used cardboard and duct tape supplied by the TRU Trades and Technology program to construct boats…
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The Omega | Students test seaworthiness of cardboard at TCC March 4, 2019
Students from David Thompson and Logan Lake Elementary school used cardboard and duct tape supplied by the TRU Trades and Technology program to construct boats…
News releases
Students explore trades at skills showcase February 19, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media are invited to a double Trades event on Friday, March 8. More than 300 students from Grades 6 and 7 in…
Students explore trades at skills showcase February 19, 2019
Media are invited to a double Trades event on Friday, March 8. More than 300 students from Grades 6 and 7 in area schools will…
TRU maps options to credit students’ prior learning February 15, 2019
KAMLOOPS—Thompson Rivers University has received an investment that allows it to map out more options to give credit to students with prior learning. BC Prior…
News releases
TRU maps options to credit students’ prior learning February 15, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KAMLOOPS—Thompson Rivers University has received an investment that allows it to map out more options to give credit to students with prior…
