TRU provided $1 million health grant for traditional healing
KAMLOOPS — National Aboriginal Day marked a historic day at Thompson Rivers University that is expected to help First Nations people in Canada and around the world access more traditional healing.
TRU is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research. It’s the largest health research grant in school history and will help graduates in health care and new researchers learn about traditional First Nation healing practices.
It is an international network, to be headquartered at TRU, will be led by Dr. Rod McCormick, an indigenious health researcher and professor at TRU.