TRU IDays 2017

Join us over your lunch hour at The IDays Mainstage on Student Street for "TRU Talks". 

Today's talks are based around our "Think Global, Act Local" theme and will feature the following presenters: 

Host & Emcee - Vince Watson

12:00 - 12:10 pm - Marcia Dick, Sustainable Kamloops - "My Path to Zero Waste" 

12:10- 12:20 pm - Tavis Knox, Solar Kamloops - Diesel power in Indigenous Communities: Presenting on projects with rural indigenous communities to reduce reliance on diesel fuel. This presentation will explore the reasons for reliance on fossil fuels in the past and why we need to move away fossil fuels for electrification in the future. Tavis will discuss renewable integration and it's benefits as well as the challenges faced during the transition. A brief video of a microgrid project in American Samoa will be shown. 

12:20- 12:30 pm - TMGT 2610 - Environmental Issues in Tourism Water Consumption Poster Discussion: Discussion about learning ways to conserve water on a day to day basis and educating on how easy it is to conserve water. 

12:30 - 12:50 pm - Dr. Michael Mehta, TRU Faculty - "Air pollution and the role of citizen science: The PurpleAir network in action"
Dr. Mehta will discuss a new citizen science initiative here in Kamloops to understand more fully air quality in the city. He will review the development and deployment of a low-cost, distributed network of particulate matter sensors called PurpleAir, and discuss what this new technology is teaching us about our air sheds and the risks that people face.

12:50 - 12:55 pm-  Jaimi Garbutt, Sustainable Kamloops - "Bringing the farm to the City": A story of how I started composting in an urban setting. 

12:55 - 1:05 pm - Michele Young, Developing World Connections -  "Light up Guatemala" : a presentation and video.
In rural Guatemala many families live in poverty and live in homes that are not much more than metal shacks. Heat and cooking is done with open fires inside these homes. Respiratory problems are one of the leading causes of death in Guatemala, with breakthing in wood smoke from infancy as a major factor in those health effects. The Light Up Guatemala program installs eco-stoves that vent the smoke outside and burn firewood more efficiently than an open fire. DWC will provide a video of the eco-stove being used in a Guatemalan home as well as feedback from families who have been using them.

1:05- 1:15 pm - Tony Kuczma, Oxfam Canada - "Oxfam Canada's campaign to achieve gender equality in the world"
Tony Kuczma will introduce Oxfam Canada and discuss the organizations campaign to achieve gender equality (Goal 5). 

Participants will create or expand Wikipedia pages of women or underrepresented groups, contributing to the reduction of inequality in one of the world's most widely used information sources and learning about the responsibilities of creating information and the construction of authority.

Participants are welcome to work on pages of their choosing, either by themselves or in small groups. The Library will also have select pages that will require some editing that attendees will be welcome to work on if they do not have one in mind.

Bring a laptop if you have one. If not, the Library will have some that can be used. 

No prior experience editing Wikipedia necessary and no pre-registration required.

Coffee will be available to those who bring a reuseable mug.  

This interactive workshop addresses bribery & anti-corruption within international business. IDays participants are encouraged to come and watch this class-led workshop, in which students will work through four corruption scenarios.

With World Bank estimates citing the global cost of corruption at over $2.6 trillion per year, a diverse range of transnational stakeholders are increasingly involved in efforts to end the practice. High profile anti-corruption crackdowns such as the recent US led indictments against FIFA officials and China’s Operation Fox Hunt are but two examples of how law enforcement agencies are targeting corrupt officials.  Yet even with threats of public shaming, financial penalty and prison, corruption remains a serious global challenge with many communities seeing it as an endemic problem that undermines public trust in government and industry.  

Given these challenges, university educators have an opportunity to fill a gap in anti-corruption practice by incorporating experiential learning activities in the classroom that focus on ethics and integrity training.  In building a case for experiential learning, this workshop introduces four role-play simulations that have been used to teach business and social science students the complex nature of corruption in Asia.  Each role-play is based on factual experiences encountered by the author over the course of five years of research in the region.   

Role-plays involve multidisciplinary challenges that empower the learner to consider themes such as human rights, culture, legal sanction, personal safety, supply chain management, as well as economic risk.  Role-plays are entirely student led and require peer-review at the end of each activity where students must reflect on concepts such as due diligence, code of conduct, rule of law, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability and economic growth.  The purpose is to teach students how to apply critical thinking skills and ethics training when forced to confront corrupt behaviour. 

Seating is limited and on a first come first served basis. (Approx. 80 seats available)   

This workshop will have you learning how to counter the transmission of cultural norms in visual culture while tackling issues of symbolic violence, fragmentation, rigid gender roles, consumerism and ethnocentrism.

Led by Patricia Soley-Beltran, this workshop is called Self By (Counter)Design. Transgressing Aesthetic Identity Rules.

Open to students, faculty and staff, participants will have the opportunity to imagine new ways of thinking, feeling, and desiring through a revision of the etymology of aesthetics.

Participants will also review ways that identity norms are being transgressed in art, fashion and social activism.

Snacks will be provided.

Join us over your lunch hour at The IDays Mainstage on Student Street for "TRU Talks". 

Today's talks are based around our "Vision 2030" theme and will feature the following presenters: 

Host & Emcee - Vince Watson

12:10 - 12:20 pm - Chantelle Stone & Danielle Dhaliwal, The Reach - "A New Urban Community for TRU and Kamloops" :
Come and learn more about Kamloops' Newest Urban Neighbourhood. The Reach is a vibrant, urban community that invites people to live, work, learn and play adjacent to one of Canada's most scenic and modern universities. 

12:20 - 12:30 pm - Derek de Candole, Venture Kamloops - The economic future of the City is bright.  Kamloops enjoys a diverse economy that is providing a strong base for growth and stability.  From responsible resource extraction to high tech, from health care and education to transportation and logistics Kamloops is an exciting City to live in.  As we approach 100,000 residents our City will shift and change, Derek will discuss how economic development in Kamloops and the SDG’s are intertwined.

12:30 - 12:40 pm - Jim Gudjonson, TRU Sustainability Office - "Future of Sustainability on Campus": Jim will talk about the future of sustainability on our campus and the strides that have been made in the past few years. He will also briefly touch on the Campus Master Plan. 

12:40 - 12:50 pm - Meaghan Hagerty, TRU Wellness Centre - Meaghan will talk about easy solutions for improving and maintaining health and wellness in the coming years. 

Please come and join us to learn about the impacts of violence on the land to individual bodies, such as the lack of salmon in the river, and the impacts on health and wellness in the communities who are dependant upon them. This workshop will focus on integrating fun and informational activities into learning about the impacts of food sovereignty on community wellness. The workshop has four sections that correspond to the four segments of self: emotional, physical, mental and spiritual. The workshop will be facilitated by four individuals and is appropriate for children, youth, or adults!

Drop in for a few minutes or stay for the whole time! This is an event that you can come and go and experience in whatever time you have.