Faculty interested in establishing a centre should follow the procedures outlined in the relevant TRU
.
In 1989 TRU faculty opened the university’s first research facility,
The Wells Gray Education and Research Centre in Clearwater, BC, for the study of the region’s environment. Since that time, TRU faculty have created unique nodes for collaboration in research and learning, and TRU is now home to seven research centres.
The Aging and Health Research Centre serves as the focal point for aging related research in the Central Interior and is supported by an inter-disciplinary group of researchers (faculty and students). The main activity of the Centre is increasing the research capacity of TRU, with respect to older people, the aging process, and the social and biological determinants of health. Key features of the Centre include:
- community responsiveness in setting a research agenda and disseminating research findings
- attention to the policy-research-practice interface
- collaborations with aging and health researchers in other jurisdictions, and
- a focus on small cities, rural and remote areas, and First Nations communities.
The mission of CEAR-TRU is to build a regional network of researchers and practitioners that foster research from a harm reduction health perspective. The aim of research prompted through the centre is advancement of knowledge of addictions and the effective prevention and treatment of addictions from a community focused framework.
A key component of the CEAR-TRU is its community partnerships with government and non-government programs that provide service to the region. These include the Aids Society of Kamloops , the Phoenix Centre , Kiwanis House , the City of Kamloops and the Interior Health Authority . CEAR-TRU also seeks ongoing partnerships with other community agencies in the region.
The Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada is a virtual and physical space at Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops, BC) and has a mandate to promote progressive research in creative practices. Its purpose is to explore and investigate such practices through artistic research and to address complex social and political issues around migration, citizenship, racialization, and sexual identity.
This long-established Centre coordinates research such as the comparative analysis of classroom- and community-based models of advanced literacy instruction, and the role documentation plays as both a pedagogical tool and an advanced literacy strategy. Dr. William Garrett-Petts (English and Modern Languages) works with a multidisciplinary team from Fine Arts, Early Childhood Education, Sociology, and other departments.
The TRU Center for Respiratory Health and Sleep Science at TRU is a unique centre that is an extension of the Faculty of Science. The center promotes and facilitate research into the best practices in the arena of respiratory health and sleep science.
The Centre for the Study of Canada is grounded in the interdisciplinary approach to issues and themes of a national nature. The CSC is committed to fostering such research at TRU, particularly through the following initiatives:
- Involving students in research through Service Learning and Research Learning
- Partnerships with the local community through Service Learning, public panels, and research projects
- Fostering international partnerships through conferences and visiting professorships
The CEEC is also a CFI/BCKDF/TRU-sponsored research centre. This facility is directed by our Canada Research Chair in Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Dr. Lauchlan Fraser .
The CEEC focuses on 1) multidisciplinary research that links together botanists, zoologists, geographers, geologists, mathematicians, and economists, 2) a combination of laboratory/greenhouse-based investigations, controlled field manipulations, and natural field monitoring programs, 3) distinct threatened wetland and grassland ecosystems, and 4) an integrated, in-depth understanding of ecological patterns and processes to generate the most efficient database for conservation and restoration strategies.
The Cultural Future of Small Cities is a five-year research program initiated by the Kamloops Art Gallery and TRU. The program is supported by a Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the collaboration focuses on how cultural and arts organizations work together (or fail to work together) in a small city setting.