TRU Chancellor
Former educator DeDe DeRose named TRU Chancellor
Feb 23, 2024 | 3:45 PM
KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University has announced the appointment of DeDe DeRose as the next chancellor of the university, with her term beginning on March 1, 2024. She succeeds outgoing chancellor Nathan Matthew.
DeRose was born in Williams Lake and is a member of the Esk’etemc First Nation.
She served as the first superintendent of Aboriginal Achievement in BC, and worked as an educator and principal with SD73 Kamloops-Thompson.
DeRose will formally be introduced as chancellor in a ceremony this spring.