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…
Tag: trades, Page 6
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A golden partnership: Trades Training House builds job-ready skills January 24, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2947219" align="alignright" width="340"] 2019 Okanagan Housing Awards of Excellence applauds Training House[/caption] For nearly three decades TRU’s School of Trades and Technology has partnered…
News Nibbles: The Workbench no longer under construction January 16, 2019
The TRU Food Services team is excited to announce The Workbench is now open on the second floor of the Trades and Technology Building. It…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Thompson Rivers University January 10, 2019
[caption id="attachment_2946790" align="alignright" width="320"] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets a demonstration of hands-on learning from student Jaida Wallat.[/caption] Jaida Wallat, a student in TRU’s inaugural…
Welding program sparks new designs for national park December 10, 2018
Critters and historic moments are coming to life in new and interactive ways in the mountain town of Revelstoke, BC. For more than 20 years…
Industrial Training and Technology Centre officially open for learning September 26, 2018
TRU’s new $32-million Industrial Training and Technology Centre (ITTC) was officially opened in a ceremony today. The new building will increase both the number of…
