Makerspace is for you.
The TRU Library Makerspace is where TRU students, staff and faculty come to learn to create things with technology. Everything is free to use, you don’t need experience, and you don’t need to be working on a class assignment. Walk in, look around and ask a question. Makerspace is for you.
Free to use
There is no cost to use the space and all supplies for basic projects are provided.
Open to Everyone
Every current TRU student, staff member and faculty member is welcome, whatever their program or experience.
No Experience Required
Ask a question, get a tour, or jump right in. Most equipment you can start using within minutes if it’s not being used by someone else.
Learn by doing
At Makerspace you learn how to sew, 3D print, or record a podcast the same way you learned how to cook or fix a bike.
Learn by doing.
Start with a project. If you don’t have an idea, our website has links to basic tutorials for most of our technologies.
Make something you care about.
Pick something you care about. At Makerspace, you don’t have to be working on a class assignment. The more you care about the outcome, the more you learn.
Repeat.
Learning takes time. Start small, see the results, then make something else.
Lean into what you’re passionate about.
Shannon Werden, a Master of Science in Environmental Science student working in Dr. Karl Larsen’s lab created a 3D scan and print of a stwelelél̓qw, or fisher (Pekania pennanti) skull for her research on these animals in the Cariboo region. After discovering no existing digital models were available, she learned to use our 3D scanning and printing tools to create a high-quality model based on one of her research specimens. She then used that as part of her poster presentation.
Makerspace Highlights
The Community Quilt
Students in the Visual Arts and Communications Art in Community class invited the TRU community to make squares for a shared quilt as part of their final class assignment. Eighty-eight squares came together in an artwork that now hangs at the Makerspace. Each contribution helped make something that belongs to the place and the people who use it.
Repair is something we learn together
Each year we host 2 events in collaboration with TRU Sustainability and the Kamloops Repair Café where volunteer community fixers can help community members repair everyday objects.
