About Us

Thompson Rivers University adopted its Vision Statement in spring of 2020 following an extensive consultation, Envision TRU, held throughout the region. The statement — consisting of Vision, Mission, Values and Strategic Change Goals — sets out the university’s guiding map for the next decade.
The focal point of the statement is the Secwépemc word Kw’seltktnéws, which means we are all related and interconnected with nature, each other and all things. That interconnection was an integral part of the consultation and is at the heart of TRU’s path forward.
To strengthen and honour relationships with Indigenous communities served by TRU, President and Vice-Chancellor Brett Fairbairn sought to have the statement translated into Secwepemctsín, the language of the Secwépemc People upon whose unceded territory the university is located.
A group of Secwépemc Elders from the region gave their time and knowledge to translate the Vision Statement into written and spoken words you find below. veniam, quis nostrud.