Student Wellness Ambassador Team
The TRU Student Wellness Ambassador Team provides peer support and role model health and health initiatives on campus.
It is their role to recognize the needs of both students and employees in order to better develop events, initiatives, and health focuses while advocating for increased health at TRU by influencing policies, procedures, and the Strategic Plan. The ambassadors play an integral role at the Wellness Centre providing education to faculty and students as a health promotion focus on campus.
“The Wellness Centre promotes the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, occupational, and spiritual well-being of TRU students and employees by providing a comprehensive package of health education and promotion activities, services, and programs.”
Roles and responsibilities
The Wellness Centre would like to provide you with as much information as possible as you consider your SWAT Leader application. We have developed a new SWAT Applicants Handbook 2026-27 with the aim to clearly communicate aspects of the role, including the hiring process; mandatory training; payment; roles, responsibilities, and expectations; our position on the use of generative AI, etc. Please ensure you review this document before submitting your application.
Mandatory training
All SWAT Leaders are required to participate in mandatory training to prepare them for their role with the Wellness Centre.
Virtual training
All SWAT Leaders will be required to complete the following four virtual education programs by TBD (no extensions).
- NASPA's Certified Peer Educator (CPE) Training
- The University of Alberta's Indigenous Canada course
- Living Works Start Suicide Prevention Skills Training
- Transcare BC Intro to Gender Diversity Course
In-person training
All SWAT Leaders must be available for mandatory all-day, in-person training from Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, to Friday, September 4, 2026. Students are responsible for securing their own housing for this week, it is not the responsibility of the Wellness Centre. If you cannot attend this week of training you will not be considered for this leadership position.
Become a student wellness ambassador
Applications open Sunday, March 1, 2026, and close Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 11:59 pm. Due to fairness, late applications will not be accepted. If you are struggling with technical issues while trying to submit your application, please email Chelsea Corsi at ccorsi@tru.ca as soon as possible. We recommend drafting your application answers in another document and cutting and pasting when you are ready to submit to hopefully minimize issues.
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TRU Wellness Centre
Thompson Rivers University
805 TRU Way
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
Tel: 250-828-5010
Fax: 250-371-5772
Chelsea Corsi: ccorsi@tru.ca
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