How the SRP Changed My Life
The TRUSU Equity Committee believes in the power of the Student Refugee Program (SRP) to change lives and that’s why we’re asking you to vote Yes in the referendum to Continue reading
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Updates from the Thompson Rivers University Students’ Union
I’m Voting YES for the SRP
Dear Members, I’m voting Yes in the referendum to establish the student refugee program (SRP) and I think you should too! We all have an important decision to make on Continue reading
Five Reasons to Support the SRP
The Student Refugee Program (SRP) from World University Services Canada (WUSC) is a unique program that the TRUSU Equity Committee wants to bring to TRU. On November 21st-23rd 2018 we Continue reading
From refugee camp to McGill student: Canadian sponsorship program makes a dream come true
Thanks to the Student Sponsorship Program (SRP), Amelie Fabian will be able to create the life she wants for herself By Fatima Muneer in Ottawa, Canada. This story was originally Continue reading
Recognizing Responsiveness to the Student Budget Consultation
Each year, the Students’ Union hosts the Student Budget Consultation to ensure students have a voice in shaping our university. Your budget priorities and service expectations are gathered through a Continue reading
Recognizing Improvement at TRU in the Student Budget Consultation
Course Each year, the Students’ Union hosts the Student Budget Consultation to ensure students have a voice in shaping our university. Your budget priorities and service expectations are gathered through Continue reading
Recognizing Excellence at TRU in the Student Budget Consultation
Each year, the Students’ Union hosts the Student Budget Consultation to ensure students have a voice in shaping our university. Your budget priorities and service expectations are gathered through a Continue reading
The Lucky Ones – Student Refugee Story
In 1991, the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic and the resulting civil war led to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from Somalia to Kenya, with many finding refuge Continue reading
Additional Student Representative Positions Available
The Student Caucus is the student voice in decision-making at Thompson Rivers University. We are the team of student representatives on all university committees. We get students involved in key Continue reading
FREE Open Textbooks Developing at TRU
With mid-term exam season in full swing, students have been hitting the textbooks hard. But not before those textbooks hit their wallets even harder this September. Fortunately, help is on Continue reading
Students’ Priorities for Campus Submitted to TRU
On September 11, 2018, as students were settling into the first full week of classes, the Students’ Union presented student priorities for the coming year to the TRU Budget Committee. Continue reading
One Students Determination Leads to Refugees Sponsorship at Quebec CEGEP
By Catherine Traer and Gisèle Nyembwe | This story was originally published by WUSC. Read the original here. LEVIS, Canada – Catherine Dufort, a humanities and languages student at Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon, did Continue reading
Student Caucus Prepares Leaders for University Decision-making
KAMLOOPS, September 30, 2018 – Over fifty student leaders gathered on campus on the weekend for a day of sessions that prepared them to represent their peers in the university. Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving. 5 Stories of Belonging from Former Refugees
This story was originally published by WUSC. Read the original here. Imagine having to rebuild your life in a new country. You are not a native speaker of the official Continue reading
Students Call on Province for Changes to Post-Secondary System
On September 26, 2018 at 4:15pm the TRU Students’ Union presented student priorities to the BC Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The presentation included a comprehensive report Continue reading