Thank you to all those who teach and research to help us learn and critically understand the world around us. This is innovative, informed, skilled work by those who rise to the calling of educators and researchers.

Here are 5 wonderful minutes - sharing how to combine Engineering education & research with Indigenous knowledge in such good ways that have the potential to help one and all, and our planet. Kia ora Nona Hohepa-Taute. youtu.be/2arZpDDrME4

Teachers & teacher Ed are key to communities flourishing during & post Pandemic. Here’s a great read + ready-to-use lesson/discussion plan looking at OECD’s 4 Scenarios for the Future of Schooling – Derek's Blog wenmoth.net/2020/09/21/fou… Thanks Derek- a thought leader for Education

TRU students from our School of Social Work & Human Service to host all-candidates election forum | Oct 6, 3pm on line.Details in article.Great example of students forging connections betw social service professionals, community, & political leadership. kamloopsthisweek.com/news/tru-stude…

Such a great team at TRU Library (& a neat example of how to promote excellent services continuing virtually). Get to know our TRU Librarians through this short, friendly video. Thank you TRU Librarians !

Thanks so much Deborah!

Outstanding researcher: Assoc Prof Carol Rees is helping us understand science teaching in COVID times; funded by SSHRC grant. Her team includes TRU colleague Christine Miller, & School District 73. Strong research in education includes partnership between researchers & teachers.

Thank you to all our teachers - our past, present, and future educators leading learning.

An outstanding free series of webinars so relevant to Education, Social Work, & all those delivering on TRC’s Calls To Action. Many thanks to the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, with Prof Brad Morse (TRU Faculty of Law). ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-pr…

Please join us tomorrow at 7pm where our own Carol Rees shares stories about teaching science in a pandemic. She'll be on hand to answer any and all questions during the presentation: youtu.be/orEeJct1fuI Kamloops SD 73 SSHRC #education #teaching #teachinginapandemic

The REDress Project at TRU during October has honoured & called for change for Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women & Girls. Thank you Dr Shelly Johnson & Dr Natalie Clark from the Faculty of Education & Social Work for your words here. inside.tru.ca/2020/10/15/red…

Sincere congratulations to TRU’s Dr Laura Doan. Her research created the first BC-wide network of mentoring for ECE educators, specifically to tackle the low retention rate in the profession. Read here about this exceptional 2-year project. ECE matters. inside.tru.ca/2020/10/26/res…

Excited to talk with Shelley Joyce ⁦CBC Kamloops⁩ on renovations at McGill Rd complex for new & unique centre for Early Years care,teaching & research.Huge space & led by TRU ⁦Thompson Rivers University⁩.Here’s Dr Laura Doan talking with Shelley. ‘Watch this space’.ECE matters.

“The torch of remembrance is in our hands, we hold it high. We will Remember them.” JV #WearYourUniform

Much respect to Gordon Gore, a true leader in science education, for Kamloops and beyond. Awarded honorary Doctor of Letters (TRU), inspired and inspiring teacher. Gordon Gore showed that so much is possible if you’re a passionate, visionary educator. cfjctoday.com/2020/11/11/kam…

New Wells Gray centre allows year-round study, and learning - from and for the beautiful lands and environment - TRU Newsroom. So much is possible when donors, community, researchers, and educators combine effort, goodwill, and vision. inside.tru.ca/2020/11/16/new…

We join with SSWHS colleagues, TRU, A Way Home, & communities remembering BSW graduate Katherine. Thank you colleague Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov for your tribute: krasun.ca/2020/12/09/rem…

Thank you to Chris Rose, awarded Hon. Doctorate by TRU in 2009 - pioneer of positive services for children with autism. Such a role model of how service to others can continue- across decades and in the midst of a global pandemic.

New funding grows Indigenous researchers.Thank you BMO for the support for Knowledge Makers at TRU. We are inspired & changed by research from these new Indigenous researchers.Thank you to our Elders & all supporters of Knowledge Makers researchers. theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/artic…

Beautiful Kamloops - out on a Winter Sunday walk alongside the river. Grateful to be living here 👐🏾