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Find the person or team for your program, compare the support available and take your next step in experiential or work-integrated learning.

50 program and experience contacts · Sources reviewed 10–15 October 2026. Named contacts are listed where TRU publishes them; otherwise, use the program team.

Already in a placement? Start with the instructor or coordinator assigned to your course. Exploring options? The program contacts below can help you find the right person. Email, phone and official sources are shown below each program.

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Adventure StudiesArts co-opArts · theatre, archaeology & creative practiceBachelor of Science in NursingBachelor of Social WorkBusiness co-opCareer & Experiential LearningCFBX 92.5 FM · campus radioCommunication & Digital JournalismCommunity Service-Learning · SRCL 1000Computing Science projectsComputing Science, Physics & Mathematics co-opCourse choice & academic creditCulinary ArtsEarly Childhood EducationEducation and Skills Training · ESTREngineering capstone projectsHealth Care AssistantHorticultureHuman Service & Education Assistant / Community SupportKnowledge MakersLaw · clinics, internships & externshipsLibrary MakerspaceMap the SystemMaster of Nursing & advanced practiceNatural Resource & Wildfire ScienceNursing transition courses · Open LearningOpen Learning advisingPeer mentorship & student leadershipPractical Nursing · Williams LakeRecreation, intramurals & fitnessRegenerative Agriculture · Williams LakeRespiratory TherapyScience & Natural Resource Science co-opService Learning · SERV 3000 / 4000Software Engineering co-opStudent clubs, Enactus & student governanceStudy Abroad & field schoolsSustainability volunteeringTeacher Education · Elementary & SecondaryThe Omega · student journalismTourism co-opTourism Management & consulting projectsTrades apprenticeshipsTRU GeneratorUndergraduate research · UREAP, USRA & conferencesVeterinary Technology · campusVeterinary Technology · Open LearningWilliams Lake & regional pathwaysWolfPack varsity athletics

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Not sure where to start?

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Course choice & academic credit

Central Academic Advising

How an experience could fit your academic plan and which faculty advisor can confirm credit.

Program and placement coordinators approve their own specific requirements.

Open Learning advising

Your OL program advisor

Program planning, course selection and referral to the person responsible for a work-based course.

Use the advising page to choose your program and contact your assigned advisor. For clinical or field requirements, ask for the course-specific placement contact.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Co-op, careers & service learning

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Service Learning · SERV 3000 / 4000

Noah Arney · Experiential Learning referral

Course-based community projects, supervision and the approval process.

Career & Experiential Learning officecareereducation@tru.ca250-371-5627

Ask for the current SERV course coordinator and faculty supervisor; the published staff role is Experiential Learning, rather than a course-specific assignment.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Health & animal care

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Master of Nursing & advanced practice

Susie Reiter · Graduate Program Advisor

Graduate program planning and referral for an internship or practice course.

Gina Guerrero · Practicum Experiences Coordinator (MN–NP enquiries)gguerrero@tru.ca250-852-7837
MN–Nurse Practitioner clinical practicemnnpclinical@tru.ca250-852-7837

The MN–NP clinical contact serves the Nurse Practitioner stream; ask the advisor which contact applies to your course.

Veterinary Technology · Open Learning

Rachelle Cornwell · OL Program Assistant

Workplace learning, clinical mentor arrangements and the OL program.

Ask the program team to confirm clinic affiliation and any in-person requirements for your cohort.

Nursing transition courses · Open Learning

Open Learning advising

The correct course contact for NURS 2921, NURS 2941 and practice requirements.

Use your course number when requesting a referral. A general advising contact is not a clinical placement approval.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Education, social work & law

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Early Childhood Education

Karolyn Hendra · ECE Practicum Coordinator

ECE practicum learning, expectations and placement coordination.

Cory Jobb · ECE Program Coordinatorcjobb@tru.ca250-371-5571

For a Williams Lake or regional offering, confirm the local contact with Williams Lake advising.

Human Service & Education Assistant / Community Support

Tanya Pawliuk · HUMS & EACS Program Coordinator

Field education, service learning and the coordinator for your campus or program.

Alana Frymire · Program Advisorhumanservice@tru.ca250-852-7181

The HUMS Field Coordinator position is listed as vacant. Ask the program coordinator for the current field-placement contact. Open Learning students should use their OL advisor for a course-specific referral.

Education and Skills Training · ESTR

Nicole Wheaton · UEPREP Program Advisor

Work experience, the ESTR Market and how the program connects students with workplace learning.

Rebecca Carriere · UEPREP Program Assistantueprep@tru.ca778-471-8394

The ESTR Program Coordinator position is listed as vacant. Ask the advisor for the current ESTR work-experience contact.

Community Service-Learning · SRCL 1000

Holly McLean · ELLT Program Advisor

Current SRCL 1000 availability and referral to the course instructor.

This is a department advising starting point; request the current SRCL 1000 instructor.

Law · clinics, internships & externships

Christi McAuley · Executive Director, Career Services; Stefan Roddau · Career Services Coordinator

Professional experience options and the correct contact for a particular JD learning opportunity.

Faculty of Law receptionlawreception@tru.ca250-852-7699

Use the shared Career Development Office email below to reach this team. For enrolment in a clinic or externship, ask for the relevant academic coordinator.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Trades, technology, arts & tourism

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Regenerative Agriculture · Williams Lake

Gillian Watt · Regenerative Agriculture Program

Program-based farm learning and current participation arrangements.

For admission or course planning, use Williams Lake advising.

Computing Science projects

Computing Science program advisors

The current project-course instructor, prerequisites and partner-project options.

Dr. Musfiq Rahman · Department Chairmrahman@tru.ca250-371-5957

Open Learning COMP 4911 students should begin with OL advising. For work terms, use the Computing Science co-op contacts above.

Engineering capstone projects

Geoff Fink · Fourth Year Engineering Advisor

Capstone requirements and referral to the current capstone coordinator.

Engineering advisingengr@tru.ca

Ask for the current capstone coordinator when discussing a specific project; the published role is fourth-year advising.

Arts · theatre, archaeology & creative practice

Nivi Xavier, Adriana Herrera Flores & Thriza Kennedy · Arts Advisors

How creative practice or a field school fits your degree, and the correct department contact.

Use the shared Arts Advising email to reach the team. Ask for the current theatre production or archaeology field-school instructor when discussing a specific experience.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Research, global learning & ventures

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Undergraduate research · UREAP, USRA & conferences

Undergraduate Research team

Research opportunities, awards, finding a supervisor and presenting your work.

Honours and directed-study approval also comes through your department or program advisor.

Study Abroad & field schools

Study Abroad team

Exchange planning, international learning and the process for overseas experiences.

International Building, third floor. Academic credit and program-specific field-school requirements also need faculty approval.

Map the System

TRU competition information

The next competition cycle, information sessions and coaching opportunities.

Use the official site’s mailing-list link for future updates. Its displayed 2026 competition dates are past; a future cycle is not confirmed.

PROGRAM CONTACTS

Clubs, leadership, sport & media

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Peer mentorship & student leadership

Student Life mentorship team

Joining a mentorship program and identifying the right campus leadership opportunity.

For Pack Academic Edge (PACE), ask for the student-athlete mentorship contact; this is a general mentorship referral point.

Sustainability volunteering

Sustainability Office

Joining the Sustainability Office volunteer program.

The published instructions ask for the subject line “Join Volunteers”.

MAKE THAT FIRST CONVERSATION EASIER

A clear message
opens the door.

You don’t need to have your whole career planned. Share enough context for the team to understand your next question.

  1. Introduce yourself.Include your program, year of study and campus or Open Learning status.
  2. Name the experience.Mention the course, placement, club, project or work term that interests you.
  3. Ask one clear question.For example: Who coordinates this placement? What should I complete before applying? Can it count toward my program?
  4. Share your timing.Say when you hope to participate and ask about the next step.

KEEP EXPLORING

Good preparation starts before the first email.

Use the CEL textbooks to explore your interests and prepare for the experience ahead.

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Experiential & work-integrated learning
Sources reviewed 10 October 2026

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