Indigenous TRU
Weyt-k! Welcome to TRU
At TRU you will find small classes, personal attention and practical learning experiences in every program — all on a beautiful campus in the Secwepemc territory of Kamloops, BC. We create an environment that encourages you to succeed by developing a network of supports and friendships — covering your social, personal and academic experiences. Please join us!
Paul Michel
Executive Director
Office of Indigenous Education
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Future Students
We offer a wide spectrum of choices for students. You can choose anything from a six-month certificate program to a four-year degree and anything in between, including one of our many trades and apprenticeship programs.
- Learn about Cplul’kw’ten
- Meet some of our students
- Talk to a recruiter
- Take a tour
- See our services for students
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Current Students
Cplul’kw’ten is a friendly and inviting Indigenous centre that provides information on all aspects of university life and doubles as space to socialize, study or just take a break from your day. It is truly a home away from home.
- Elder in the House
- Mentoring Program
- Team of support staff
- Learning circles
- Counselling
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Indigenization Initiatives
Our initiatives are wide-ranging and ongoing — including Indigenizing Open Learning, Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed, Bearing Witness, Knowledge Makers, and more.
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Coyote Project
Learn about our united efforts to accelerate programs and projects that will contribute to campus-wide indigenization.
Stories
TRU wins national teaching excellence award
TRU's Knowledge Makers initiative has been awarded the national Alan Blizzard Award for excellence in collaborative teaching.
Indigenous campus tour
Take a campus tour of some of TRU's Indigenous spaces, art, and markers with Qelmúcw Student Recruiter Cara Basil. Hosted during IDays 2019.
Coyote builds capacity and community through trades and tech
TRU School of Trades and Technology's Coyote Project initiatives provide accessible programs and accreditation to build community capacity.
Traditional Secwepemc (Shuswap) Territory
Kamloops and Williams Lake campuses are both situated on the traditional and unceded Secwepemc (Shuswap) territory.
We acknowledge and give honour to the Secwepemc — the ancestral peoples who have lived here for thousands of years — upon whose traditional and unceded land Thompson Rivers University is located. The Secwepemc maintain a spiritual and practical relationship to the land, water, air, animals, plants and all things needed for life on Mother Earth. It is with that in mind that we owe this debt of gratitude.
There are approximately 7,000 Secwepemc people in the territory, which spans 180,000 square kilometres through the interior plateau of south central British Columbia. The mountain ranges, grasslands and river valleys surrounding the Fraser, and North and South Thompson rivers create the boundaries of the territory.
TRU has one of the largest Indigenous student populations among BC post-secondary institutions, with well over 2,000 students (about 10 percent), representing 16 First Nation and Indigenous peoples enrolled in new, continuing, open learning and trades programs.
In addition to Secwepemc students, Indigenous students at TRU come from several BC nations, including the Carrier, Okanagan, Nuxalk, and Nlaka'pamux, as well as students of Métis and Inuit ancestry.
Thompson Rivers University is dedicated to Indigenous student success, to fostering meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities and to promoting Indigenous knowledges and scholarship. Through collaboration, innovation, respect and humility, the university fosters a welcoming environment that is grounded in the principles of reconciliation and is able to address the calls to action placed on everyone in this country.