Anne Kang, BC’s Minister for Advanced Education and Skills Training, visited TRU's Williams Lake campus Thursday to learn more about TRU’s programs, partnerships and role…
Over the past 12 weeks, a group of Indigenous students have rolled up their sleeves exploring the trades. Enrolled in the School of Trades and…
A group of 11 students are the first participants in a Women in Trades (WIT) Exploratory Program from Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to be held…
Determined. Resilient. Passionate. Three words that describe Julia Morgan, a recent graduate of TRU’s Applied Sustainable Ranching program. The program is based in Williams Lake…
The first ever Girls in Trades event gave young female students a taste of working in the trades thanks to TRU in Williams Lake. Over 100…
Since 2014 enrolment in TRU's Women in Trades foundation and apprenticeship programs has risen from 16 to 24 percent. Amanda Ballermann is one of those…
TRU carpentry students in Williams Lake are all fired up about building a home for that city's first fire truck. The building will be like…
After missing the opportunity to host fundraising galas two years in a row due to COVID-19 restrictions, the lake city’s own TRU Grit decided to…
TRU's carpentry program in Williams Lake is unique in that students get through the foundation and first two levels, all at once. Read more
Lara Agapow emerged as the winner of this year’s Thompson Rivers University Applied Sustainable Ranching Program’s 2021 Bull Pen Award. Read more
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) announced today that all washrooms on its Kamloops and Williams Lake campuses will have free menstrual products by September.…
News is getting out that Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake is offering a tuition-free welding course with room for 14 students. Read more
A partnership between two First Nations and Thompson Rivers University has enhanced a certificate program where students learn to sustainably farm using Indigenous and Western…
KAMLOOPS — The Skeetchestn Indian Band has initiated partnerships with Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS) and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to create an innovative partnership that…
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…
During a 2015 rodeo competition in Smithers, B.C., Kevin Cunin lost control of the horse he was riding and was bucked into the air. Today,…
Brian Garland, owner of Cariboo Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd in Williams Lake, was named the recipient in the ambassadorship category of the 2020 Canadian Automobile…
After more than five combined decades of successful careers, two mature learners who hit the books again made their mark and were honoured at spring…
