Women of TRU: Overcoming Gender Barriers
Today, 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 Continue reading
Equity
Updates from the TRUSU Equity Committee
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
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
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
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
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
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
How the SRP Helped a Student Escape a Refugee Camp
Since the age of 2, Ayan Abdi lived in the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya. Her days were spent in the Dadaab refugee camp, where she taught biology to Continue reading
Student Refugee Crisis Explained
The TRU Students’ Union (TRUSU) will be hosting a referendum on November 21 – 23, 2018 to ask if students are interested in establishing the World University Services of Canada’s 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
Volunteer on the Equity Committee
Are you interested in working on equity issues on and off campus? We have one opening for a volunteer on the TRUSU Equity Committee and are looking for someone to 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