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
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
