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Using Live Theatre To Understand Homelessness
Left to right: Ginny Ratsoy (wearing green) Dawn Farough and Robin Nichol make up part of the research team behind No Straight Lines, a community-based collective creation theatre project. To truly...
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Make The UREAP Leap
Through a UREAP research grant, student Felicia Girouard created and conducted a survey and in doing so, added another dimension to her learning. Photo: Danna Bach Felicia Girouard took a class...
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Learning In The Background Of HomeLessMess Theatre
Student research assistants Robin Arundel and Taran Waterous outside the Blackbox Theatre, which is located in Old Main. For theatre students Robin Arundel and Taran Waterous, working as research...
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Grants give rise to unbeatable mentorships
Rick Brewster is a faculty member in the department of Mathematics and Statistics and earlier this year was awarded another NSERC Discover Grant. While always working to advance the field of graph...
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The legal needs of people living with dementia
Law faculty member Margaret Hall. When Law faculty member Margaret Hall (Law) began her research journey into guardianship and dementia, she began by asking the big questions — bringing a philosophical...
View Article$7,500 awards available for Environmental Science and NRS students
TRU invites applications for the Environmental Science and Natural Resource Science Fellowship Award. Created by an anonymous donor for the development of two awards, one will be awarded for...
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Research Discoveries: Can big data predict how urban systems respond in...
Dr. David Hill is one of five TRU researchers recently awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant. Read: 5 Faculty Awarded NSERC Discovery Grants | Newsroom With everything from HVAC systems to smart irrigation...
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New book confirms TRU’s role as a leader in small cities research
Whose Culture is it, Anyway? Community Engagement in Small Cities, features the work of several TRU researchers. Whose Culture is it Anyway? Community Engagement in Small Cities is one more example of...
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Undergraduate Research leads to graduate school success
Deadline for the Winter UREAP competition is Feb. 27, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. *UREAP Information Session: Jan. 30, 2015 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Visual Arts Gallery, lower level, Old Main Currently...
View ArticleFunding opportunity: Sustainability Research Grant
The application deadline for the TRU Sustainability Research Grant is Feb. 10, 2015. The grant is funded by TRU’s Office of Environment and Sustainability, and was established in September 2014. This...
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3MT’s Western Canadian final coming to TRU
In this screen capture, TRU alumna Erika Dufort-Lefrancois explains her research as part of her pre-recorded video for the 2014 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Canadian championship. 80,000 words. 3 minutes....
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Novel discovery: Mistletoe creates its own heat to discharge seeds
Dwarf Mistletoe researcher Dr. Cynthia Ross Friedman with some of her student researchers in the field near Lac le Jeune. Front row: Baylee Out. Back row: Cameron Boyda, Cynthia, Rolena Debruyn. Do...
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UREAP Asks: How to retain employees at Sun Peaks Resort?
For his UREAP project, Sarbjit Gill chose to study the employees’ sense of place at Sun Peaks, with the aim of finding ways to retain employees longer. Deadline for the Winter UREAP competition is Feb....
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Strategic Research Plan identifies emerging strengths
Thompson Rivers University has a new, official Strategic Research Plan (SRP)—a blueprint for research for the next five years. The SRP, which received approval from the TRU Board of Governors on Feb....
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Research Showcase: Sustainability in BC’s ranching community
Sarah Whitehouse will present her research: Sustainability in BC’s Ranching Community, during the MSc Showcase on March 5. Sarah Whitehouse has a lofty goal — to help B.C. cattle producers become more...
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Graduate Research Showcase: Have we mitigated the home fires burning?
Colin Swain will present his research: “Have we mitigated the home fires burning?,” during the MSc Showcase on March 5. The 2003 wildfire season is noted for being one of the most catastrophic in...
View ArticleInaugural International Research Conference Kicks Off
The groundbreaking Learning at Intercultural Intersections: International Research Conference kicks off today at TRU. The conference, which runs in the Campus Activity Centre through March 13, brings...
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TRU prof brings voice to climate change action plan
TRU’s Dr. Lauchlan Fraser is one of 60 university researchers responsible for the report Acting on Climate Change: Solutions from Canadian Scholars. Climate change is often considered a problem too big...
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#TRU3MT winner announced
Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake, right, congratulates Kristen Marini for taking first place in the TRU 3MT competition held in the Black Box Theatre on Friday, March 27. Kristen Marini is the...
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TRU launches Undergraduate Research Journal
The TRU Undergraduate Research Journal, TRU-URJ, launched during the Undergraduate Research & Innovation Conference held March 27-28. Submissions are now being accepted for the first edition....
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