2009 Media Releases
Dec. 22, 2009
Holiday Season campus closure
TRU will be closed for the Holiday Season from noon on Dec. 24-Jan.3.
Dec. 16, 2009
Top Researchers Receive $278,237
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced today that it has awarded $278,237 to Thompson Rivers University to support two projects led by Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman and Dr. Julie Drolet.
Dec. 15, 2009
TRU carpool initiative
Staff and students who carpool can enter a lottery for a chance to win half-price parking.
Dec. 9, 2009
TRU welcomes province’s new Education Quality Assurance designation
Prospective international students will soon know at a glance which BC post secondary institutions meet with the provincial government’s seal of approval.
Dec. 1, 2009
Vote GamesTown2010
The City of Kamloops is fighting hard to win a competition for $100,000 that is available to be used to improve a healthy living program or facility in 2010.
Nov. 27, 2009
Nursing students present posters
Fourth-year nursing students will present their project posters looking at leadership and change. The event is scheduled for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, in Room 103, of the Campus Activity Centre.
Nov. 27, 2009
Annual TRU Foundation Awards supports 470 students
Thompson Rivers University awards $409,000 to 470 students at its 27th annual Foundation Awards Ceremony Thursday evening.
Nov. 18, 2009
Going Global Symposium
With Keynote Speaker: Miriam Samuel from South India on Thursday, November 19 from 9:30 am – noon in Room 130 of the Campus Activity Centre.
Nov. 16, 2009
Sustainable Seafood Lunch and Learn on Nov. 19
Learn how to make better seafood choices whether at the grocery store or at restaurants during this interactive lunch at the Culinary Arts training building. This event is a collaboration between Culinary Arts and the Fisheries Management class of Natural Resource Science.
Nov. 12, 2009
TRU student chosen to attend UN climate change conference
The Canadian Youth Delegation has selected Tria Donaldson to join them at the UN conference on climate change next month in Copenhagen. The Kyoto Protocol and other matters are on the conference agenda.
Nov. 10, 2009
Book celebrates volunteer roles of local women
Women share their stories of how their invaluable efforts helped shape Kamloops and area. The collection of stories span 1915 to the present.
Nov. 9, 2009
TRU to be premier training facility for Province’s Electrical trades
Thompson Rivers University School of Trades and Technology is adding the Power Line Technician program to its suite of electrical trades offerings.
Oct. 29, 2009
Dual Admission Agreement for Thompson Rivers University and Yukon College Students
Students now have dual admission access to TRU and Yukon College thanks to a new Memorandum of Understanding.
Oct. 28, 2009
New chair and vice-chair for TRU Board of Governors
Karl deBruijn and Michael Parker have been elected to one-year terms as chair and vice-chair of the TRU Board of Governors.
Oct. 15, 2009
Foundation fundraising campaign gets $300,000 jump start
Campaign off to a good start as several groups and organizations commit large sums of money. Last year nearly $2.1 million was raised for student awards and bursaries.
Sept. 29, 2009
Fall Convocation Ceremony
The first graduates of Thompson Rivers University Master of Science Environmental Science and Master of Education programs are among the 400 potential graduates eligible to cross the stage to receive their credentials at the Fall Convocation Ceremony, October 1, at 2 pm.
Sept. 29, 2009
Fourteen BC Aboriginal students will receive awards totalling $34,500
The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society, announced awardsof $1,000 to $3,500 each for study at Thompson Rivers University this year totaling $34,500 for TRU students on Sept. 28.
Sept. 28, 2009
Exceptional researcher re-appointed
The federal government announced Dr. Lauchlan Fraser's re-appointment as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Community and Ecosystem Ecology at Thompson Rivers University.
Sept. 18, 2009
Students and staff befriend Guerin Creek
On Sept. 27 members of the TRU community will join Kamloops West Rotary clubs to pick up recylables and garbage in and around Guerin Creek.
Sept.16, 2009
New season of Cultural Events
The Alumni Theatre is no smoky blues bar but the first cultural event of the 2009-10 season on Sept. 24 at 12:30pm promises to transport the audience through all the great American blues cities.
Sept. 15, 2009
One-stop shop for Student Services
The new Student Services Centre, located on the first floor of Old Main, across from the Finance Department at OM 1631 will cluster together many of the existing services to students.
Sept. 14, 2009
Change in Office of President and Vice-Chancellor
Ron Olynyk, Chair of the Board of Governors of Thompson Rivers University announced today a change in the senior leadership of the University.
Sept. 11, 2009
Tapping into reusable water bottles
Part of this week’s orientation at Thompson Rivers University has been an effort to decrease the use of bottled water on campus. Nearly 4000 reusable water bottles were handed out to new and returning students.
Sept. 9, 2009
Business students offer management help
Fourth-year students are gearing up to offer their management expertise in human resource management and finance to local non-profits in the new school year.
Sept. 3, 2009
Expanded services for new and returning students
Thompson Rivers University is preparing to welcome new and returning students by opening key services longer, even on Labour Day, so students can access services earlier and quicker.
Aug. 28, 2009
TRU makes for local United Way's largest Day of Caring
Thirty employees and students of Thompson Rivers University will be donating their time, expertise and enthusiasm for a Day of Caring at the Boys and Girls Club facilities on McArthur Island on Monday, Aug. 31.
Aug. 26, 2009
University's experts plan for H1N1
TRU Nursing faculty member Joanne Jones, a pathophysiology specialist—an expert in understanding how the body responds to diseases, is developing the university’s pandemic preparedness plan, including the message that will be delivered to new and returning students at Orientation on Sept. 8.
Aug. 19, 2009
Number of student applications up over last year
Student applications for the upcoming academic year are up 6 per cent over this time last year. It’s an increase of upwards of 350 domestic student applications. TRU continues to register more students.
Aug. 17, 2009
Three new trades programs to be delivered early in 2010
As promised during his interview with the university’s hiring committee earlier this spring, TRU’s new Dean of Trades and Technology is delivering on his pledge to bring additional trade programs to Kamloops.
Aug. 12, 2009
World experts deliver free info at Research 2.0 Workshop
A free workshop that opens up the exciting possibilities for research and teaching using new Web 2.0 technologies runs . Aug. 31 to Sept. 2.
Aug. 5, 2009
TRU responds to urgent need of fire evacuees
Thompson Rivers University responds quickly to the needs of Lillooet fire evacuees.
July 29, 2009
Funding to build and sustain new research centres at TRU
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) funds three research centres and continues operation of a fourth.
July 27, 2009
World's squirrel researchers arrive for Kamloops conference
Thompson Rivers University will host the world’s arboreal squirrel experts at the Fifth International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels, July 31 to August 4.
July 24, 2009
Green Dream Home EQuilibrium Demonstration Project Breaks Ground
TRU School of Trades and Technology and the Canadian Home Builders ' Association Central Interior (CHBA CI) are partners on the Home which is one of 15 projects across the country to have won Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative competition.
July 9, 2009
Grads More Satisfied With Education
If building the university brand is based on the success of students, Thompson Rivers University is fast becoming one of the best, according to a recent survey released by BC Statistics. TRU graduates are more satisfied with their education have higher employment rates, and are very satisfied with their careers and the skills and knowledge they acquired at the university.
June 24, 2009
Construction begins on "The Gathering Place" at TRU Williams Lake campus
A groundbreaking ceremony officially kicks off construction of "The Gathering Place" at the TRU Williams Lake campus. The building is modelled after a winter pit house once used by Interior Salish peoples of the Carrier, Chilcotin and Shuswap nations. The $800,000 project is scheduled for completion this December.
June 16, 2009
TRU receives its largest private contribution to the House of Learning
The pledge of $300,000 will name the House of Learning’s largest classroom. The announcement by Janet and Spencer Bryson was made Tuesday at the TRU Donor and Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.
June 12, 2009
Government Funding Advances Applied Research
The Government of Canada, through Western Economic Diversification Canada, is helping Thompson Rivers University (TRU), undertake projects that support research and development in the fields of analytical chemistry and tourism.
June 11, 2009
TRU announces new Dean of the School of Tourism
An international expert in resort management, marketing, recreational and adventure studies will head TRU’s School of Tourism.
June 2, 2009
Respiratory Therapy student's Ventilator Boi video wins first place in the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapy (CSRT), Interschool Video Competition.
May 26, 2009
TRU Students Tops in Trades and Journalism
Two TRU School of Trades and Technology students won gold at the National Skills Canada competition while a Bachelor of Journalism student won the Canadian Association of Journalists' Student Award of Excellence.
May 25, 2009
Five Distinguished Individuals to Receive Honorary Doctorate from TRU
Lorne Cardinal, Mark Madyrga, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Christopher Rose and Mark Rowswell
Thompson Rivers University will bestow four Honorary Doctorates during spring Convocation ceremonies held on June 4 and 5 in Kamloops and another on June 26 in Tianjin, China.
May 15, 2009
TRU Student Jody Martens Wins Equilibrium™ House Design Competition
Jody Martens, a first year student in the Architectural and Engineering Technology Program, School of Advanced Technology and Mathematics, has won the Equilibrium™ House Design competition. Her design will be used to build the 2010 Training House at Sun Rivers Golf Resort Community.
May 8, 2009
Sharing Mathematics, A Tribute to Dr. Jim Totten conference at TRU
Next week Thompson Rivers University plays host to the Sharing Mathematics, A Tribute to Dr. Jim Totten conference, May 13 – 15. The public and media are invited to attend Wednesday’s keynote address, Mathematical Musing: Wonder, Elegance, and Beauty of Numbers in the Alumni Theatre at 4:30 pm in the Alumni Theatre of the Clock Tower.
April 27, 2009
Public invited to keynote talks on Arctic Sovereignty and Forest Policy
This weekend Thompson Rivers University plays host to the British Columbia Political Science Association’s Annual Conference. The public and media are invited to attend Friday and Saturday’s keynote addresses.
April 23, 2009
Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning hosts Slumdog Millionaire - inspiring Academic
The academic who inspired the story that launched the Oscar Award winning Slumdog Millionaire will be the keynote speaker at Thompson Rivers University’s upcoming Open Learning Tutor Workshop.
April 21, 2009
Campus leaders commit to sustainable campus plan
To celebrate Earth Day Thompson Rivers University’s students, faculty, administrators and support staff agree to work together to create a campus-wide sustainability action plan.
April 20, 2009
TRU Journalism Faculty awarded prestigious fellowship
Thompson Rivers University faculty and School of Journalism Chair Dr. Maxine Ruvinsky has been awarded a Jack Webster Foundation Fellowship to attend the Poynter Institute in Florida.
April 14, 2009
TRU launches new Learning Centre at Williams Lake Campus
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) launched a new Learning Centre on the Williams Lake campus today, responding to the training and vocational needs determined by educational coordinators and community members representing the area’s 15 First Nations bands.
April 8, 2009
TRU receives close to $11 million for infrastructure improvements and House of Learning
The Government of Canada will invest $8.288 million in campus infrastructure and the House of Learning, triggering an additional $2.5 million of new provincial funding for infrastructure.
April 3, 2009
TRU artist-researcher launches 'quirky little book' on walking in Kamloops
What better place to begin a walk than in a shoe store? So mused TRU visual arts professor and artist-researcher Ernie Kroeger as he embarked on producing My Morning Walk, a fusion of photos from Kamloops’ past blended with thoughts from the here and now.
March 26, 2009
TRU World executive invited to represent Canada at International Dialogue
Cyndi McLeod, AVP of TRU World, the international education arm of Thompson Rivers University, has been invited by the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany to be the Canadian expert in a highly-regarded and influential seminar, the International Dialogue on Education.
March 25, 2009
TRU Business students place 3rd in National Competition
A team of Thompson Rivers University business students finished ahead of 19 other major universities to capture third place in Canada’s largest Human Resource Case Competition, in Montreal, March 21 and 22.
March 23, 2009
Whose Show it is Anyway? conference features strong cast
The Whose Show is it Anyway? conference presented by TRU’s SSHRC-funded Community-University Research Alliance project on the cultural future of small cities, will be held this week at TRU from Thursday to Saturday. The conference features a cast of performers, artists, scholars, curators and producers with a wealth of experience and talent.
March 19, 2009
TRU launches Tourism Management Degree in Malaysia
Thompson Rivers University has taken their highly regarded Bachelor of Tourism Management degree to Malaysia, where it will be offered in partnership with Nilai University College in Putra Nilai, a modern township located 40-minutes from the Kuala Lumpur city centre.
March 11, 2009
Nine new scholarships available for TRU Legal Administrative Assistant students
A critical need for trained administrative assistants in legal offices in Kamloops and other interior communities has led to the creation of nine full scholarshipsto be awarded to new students at Thompson Rivers University this year.
March 10, 2009
BC's most famous playwright showcased at TRU Canadian Studies Days 2009
TRU’s Canadian Studies program and the TRU Community-University Research Alliance (CURA), in conjunction with Western Canada Theatre, invite the public to three days of Canadian Studies events from March 23 to 25.
March 6, 2009
Thompson Rivers University and the National Centre for First Nations Governance work together to improve the governance skills of First Nations citizens
March 2, 2009
Habitat for Humanity Kamloops have partnered with Thompson Rivers University School of Trades and Technology and School District #73 to build a home at 204 Park Street
February 24, 2009
Agreement signed between TRU and the BC Public Service Agency
Dr. Kathleen Scherf, President and Vice-Chancellor of Thompson Rivers University and Lynda Tarras, the Head of the BC Public Service Agency, have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will highlight career opportunities for TRU students and graduates in the years ahead.
February 23, 2009
Senior ITA leader appointed as new Dean of Trades & Technology
The Senior Lead for Program Standards and Examinations at the Industry Training Authority (ITA), the body that oversees all trades training in B.C., has accepted an appointment as the new Dean of Trades and Technology at Thompson Rivers University.
February 16, 2009
Law School at TRU announced in throne speech
Partnership plans with the University of Calgary announced by TRU
February 13, 2009
Trades and Technologies part of Green Dream Home team
TRU School of Trades and Technology and the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) Central Interior Chapter have been chosen to build a CMHC EQuilibrium™ Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative home.
February 10, 2009
Donors pledge two lead gifts for TRU House of Learning at Gala
The first two major contributions to the Thompson Rivers University House of Learning were announced on Saturday at the 17th annual TRU Foundation Gala.
February 8, 2009
Thompson Rivers University Receives Extraordinary Gift
Amidst the splendor of the 17th annual TRU Foundation Gala a local Kamloops resident stepped forward to donate $1.5 million to create endowed scholarships for top students in each of the university's Schools and Faculties.
February 5, 2009
Vulnerable Youth Need Support Beyond 19 to Improve Their Lives
Teenagers and young adults involved in risky or even criminal lifestyles can turn their lives around with the right kind of support.
January 30, 2009
TRU student accepted on board Antarctic expedition to study climate change
A 26-year old Adventure Tourism student at Thompson Rivers University is one of a select few students from around the world chosen to set sail for Antarctica next month, on a 17-day ship-based field course to learn about environmental issues, climate change and polar tourism
January 26, 2009
TRU ranked in the top third of Canadian universities in 8 of 10 categories
According to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), TRU is a competitor in student engagement amongst the nation’s top schools.
January 21, 2009
Reviving trashed dreams
Instead of allowing the rejection to crush his spirits, the now 25-year-old Thompson Rivers University student has combined his love for the game with his passion for business—and his future is brighter than ever.
January 19, 2009
TRU Mechanical Trades department offers shear support for student
Students and faculty in the Mechanical Trade department of the TRU School of Trades and Technology are “putting their heads” together to support a young student in the Heavy Duty Mechanics program recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
January 14, 2009
Joint effort to help Province's cattle ranchers
Dr. John Church, Regional Innovation Chair, will develop new techniques and technologies to help make B.C.’s cattle industry sustainable – both economically and environmentally.
January 5, 2009
New year brings new focus on sustainability at TRU
The arrival of an internationally regarded expert in the field, Dr. Tom Owen, to the new position of Director, Environment and Sustainability at TRU is a giant step forward in one of seven major strategic goals set by the university.