Prof with a passion for Community-Engaged Research in small cities, Cultural Mapping practices, Undergraduate Research, Artistic Inquiry & Higher Education.
Kamloops, BC
Joined November 2009
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Keep up with News & Events from the Community & Cultural Mapping Research Group (a research collective based at TRU, but with national and international partners)
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We are excited to welcome back Dr. Airini to TRU as our next president and vice-chancellor. She returns to campus on July 1, taking the helm from Brett Fairbairn.
Airini is known for her work on student success and equity. She was dean of TRU’s Faculty of Education and Social Work from 2014 to 2021. We look forward to her guiding the university's vision in the years to come.
We are excited to welcome back Dr. Airini to TRU as the university’s next president and vice-chancellor. She returns to campus on July 1, when she takes the helm from Brett Fairbairn.
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TRU is pleased to announce another boost to the growing breadth of work underway with TRU Wildfire. Dr. Will Garrett-Petts and Dr. Cheryl Gladu will lead new research on community resilience to wildfire thanks to a generous donation from Wawanesa Insurance.
inside.tru.ca/2025/04/15/waw…
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Rick Mercer’s Report (from an earlier time) is merciless in its treatment of Pierre Poilievre, branding him as a career politician. Always fun to look back. Helps provide context for the present moment?
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Pleased to share news of our recently-funded research project on the impact of wildfires on community preparedness and resilience. We are working with an outstanding university team and Kamloops-based community research partners.
inside.tru.ca/2025/04/15/waw…
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Did you know that TRU has made available online over 60 recent talks on learning and teaching? A great resource! To access the videos, click here: vimeo.com/showcase/5761930
Will Garrett-Petts (he/him) retweeted
Keep up with News & Events from the Community & Cultural Mapping Research Group (an unofficial research collective based at TRU, but with national and international partners)
culturalmapping.trubox.ca/ne…
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A new dedicated wildfire training centre at @thompsonriversu will train future wildfire fighters
🚒 Wildland firefighting & training programs
🏢 New facility to train firefighters & communities
🔥 Fire science lab & enhanced fire predictive technology
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024…
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Mass media extinction? newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…
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Research is not a club, it is not for a select few, it is for everyone.
It is a fundamental building block of Canada that everyone has a stake in.
Research improves our health, environment, innovation and economy.
Time to invest in researchers, postdocs, and grad students.
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Significant collection of new scholarship on “mapping in the humanities” forthcoming from Routledge. Delighted to have our work included! “Re-situating Participatory Cultural Mapping as Community-centred Work,” Nancy Duxbury & W.F. Garrett-Petts
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This week's episode of 60-Second SoTL shares an open-access article from Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education and explores how to measure feedback literacy in higher education. Listen now: buff.ly/3S4HgAT
ALT Someone types on a laptop keyboard. Only their hands are visible. Pens and a mug are to the left of the laptop. Overlays read, "CEL Podcast. 60-Second SoTL. Measuring What Learners Do with Feedback."
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While research is fundamental to improving human health, our environment, economy, and future, investment in research continues to be treated as a “nice to have” by successive governments.
Research requires sustained investment, especially as other countries ramp up funding.
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Caroline Ketcham and Tony Weaver discuss the importance of centering the student experience in capstones: buff.ly/47WfgUR
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New research primer offers wealth of guidance, resources for Indigenous research #BrighterWorld #McMaster dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articl…
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This seems important: the sleep habit that Is more important than getting 8 hours sleep. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/t… # via @HuffPostUKLife
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The Western Interconnected Grid is one of two major power grids in North America. TRU’s Dr. Mike Flannigan is working closely with other leading experts to enhance the power grid’s resilience to extreme weather events, such as wildfires and heatwaves.
inside.tru.ca/2023/11/07/tru…