Fighting for Global Human Rights: Fall 2020
Defending human rights and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly regardless of who they are, what they look like, or what they believe is a fundamental value of the TRU Continue reading
Equity
Updates from the TRUSU Equity Committee
Sparking Community Equity Conversations
The TRUSU Equity Committee wants YOU to book a digital training with us for your campus or community organization! After being launched this Fall, the committee has engaged over 100 Continue reading
Pride @Home Showcase
For the past 9 years, the TRUSU Equity Committee has hosted the annual TRUSU Pride Parade to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and to publicly claim Thompson Rivers University as a Continue reading
Pride @ Home Participation Ideas
You’re invited to help publicly claim Thompson Rivers University as a space that welcomes and respects the LGBTQ+ community to live, work, and study! We will be gathering community submissions Continue reading
9th Annual TRUSU Pride Goes Virtual!
The 9th Annual TRUSU Pride Parade has been transformed into a digital celebration of the queer history of pride that started with the 1969 Stonewall riots, a space to celebrate Continue reading
Fighting for Global Human Rights: Summer 2020
Defending human rights and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly regardless of who they are, what they look like, or what they believe is a fundamental value of the TRU Continue reading
Join TRU’s Anti-Racism Task Force!
Recent and long-standing issues of racial discrimination have focused TRU’s attention on the inequitable treatment of black, brown, Indigenous, Asian, and other racialized communities. Community institutions like TRU have a responsibility Continue reading
Donate to Period Promise at TRU
Nobody should have to pick between feeding their family and being able to afford basic hygiene products. But nearly 1 in 4 Canadian women have struggled to buy period products Continue reading
Greetings Around The World
Welcome to TRU! Whether you’re a first-year and experiencing campus for the first time or a fourth-year in your last school semester, the TRUSU Equity Committee is pleased to see Continue reading
What We Heard: Women of TRU Project
Starting on January 16, 2019 the TRUSU Equity Committee launched the Women of TRU project to raise awareness about gender issues in academia or on campus and to provide a Continue reading
Women of TRU: Overcoming Gender Barriers
The TRUSU Equity Committee is pleased to launch our project “Women of TRU: Overcoming Gender Barriers” to raise awareness about gender issues in academia or on campus and provide a Continue reading
Fighting for global human rights: A semesterly update
On December 10th the TRUSU Equity Committee marked Human Rights Day by participating in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights event at TRU. The Committee helped write letters calling attention to, Continue reading
Your Guide to Pride! Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community
Pride events are empowering and joyous occasions to publicly claim space in support of the LGBTQ+ community. However, sometimes the purpose, history, and context of pride events can be a Continue reading
TRUSU Sponsors Kamloops Pride Parade
The TRU Students’ Union is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring and participating in the 2nd Annual Downtown Kamloops Pride Parade! The Kamloops Pride Parade is an important celebration Continue reading
Multi-faith Prayer Space Feedback Submitted
On July 3, 2018, the TRUSU Equity Committee submitted a report to TRU summarizing stakeholder feedback about TRU’s multi-faith prayer space in Old Main 2494/2496. Created in 2015, the multi-faith Continue reading