Student Projects

The Scw’exmx Tribal Council represents the communities that surround the Nicola Valley, both the Nlaka’pamux and Sylix peoples. Our region is located within a 115 km radius of the city of Merritt, BC. Coldwater, Nooaitch, Shackan and Upper Nicola Bands. YouTube channel: @ScwexmxTribalCouncil

Canada’s National Housing Strategy Act (2019) declares that “the right to adequate housing is a fundamental human right affirmed in international law,” and that “housing is essential to the inherent dignity and well-being of the person and to building sustainable and inclusive communities.” Similarly, the City of Kamloops (2018) “is committed to ensuring that residents enjoy a high quality…

Welcome! FoodLoops is a cultural deep mapping project by students in Communications 3700 at TRU. Using the Kamloops Food and Urban Agriculture Plan as a base, students over two years of the course formed groups and set out to research and tell some stories of citizens who are passionate about local food production, food distribution, food festivals and events,…

Welcome to the Kamloops Tourism Stories deep map, a cultural mapping project authored by Prof. Kathleen Scherf’s Fall 2019 Travel Media class (CMNS 3020). A deep map uses the advantages of digital technology to “deepen” a conventional two-dimensional map to depict a sense of a place, rather than merely a geographical location. Such a map…