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  • DrugAwareBC and TRU to Launch New Trades Micro-Credential on Drug Awareness and Safety in September, 2025

    DrugAwareBC and TRU to Launch New Trades Micro-Credential on Drug Awareness and Safety in September, 2025

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DrugAwareBC and Thompson Rivers University Collaborate on Trades Training Course Focused on Drug Awareness and Safety Kamloops, BC— DrugAwareBC is partnering with…

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  • Livingmaps Network   Conference 2025

    Livingmaps Network Conference 2025

    Our thanks to LivingMaps and Heather Miles for an update on the “More-than-Human” mapping conference and the “Walking and Memory Mapping” workshop with Canadian artist…

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  • Project EDI takes on the Hawaii International Conference on Education!

    Project EDI takes on the Hawaii International Conference on Education!

    Jayse Heer-Matonovich, along with her faculty mentor Dr. Will Garrett-Petts and community partner Principal Jonathan Brady, had the amazing opportunity to present Project EDI, which…

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  • Cultural Mapping Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity 

    Cultural Mapping Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts & Creativity 

    Research Group members Kate Fagervik and Will Garrett-Petts enjoyed outstanding community participation from arts and culture sector leaders in Alberta, where they conducted a half-day…

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  • Rethinking Drinking

    Rethinking Drinking

    Grateful to United Way and Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc for hosting the Community Conversation on Rethinking Drinking. Drawing upon research to raise awareness, increase access to…

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  • Update on the TRU Micro-Credential Development | Drug Aware BC. Com

    Update on the TRU Micro-Credential Development | Drug Aware BC. Com

    The Impact of the Drug Overdose Crisis on Those Working in the Trades Video/Audio Recordings Maps collected and analyzed Themes identified 2 interviews completed 1…

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  • Towards Creative Resilience: Re-Imagining Urban Cultures, Sociabilities and Participation

    Towards Creative Resilience: Re-Imagining Urban Cultures, Sociabilities and Participation

    Two Research Group members (Cheryl Gladu and Will Garrett-Petts) had the honor of speaking at the recent international conference on “academic research, civic society, and…

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  • A Reflection on Democratizing Research for Community Strategic Planning 

    A Reflection on Democratizing Research for Community Strategic Planning 

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