Would anyone recommend the Thompson Rivers University?

Try posting in r/kamloops for more input. I attended tru for a few years. The campus life isn't as active as other universities as it's more of a commuter school and campus housing is largely international students.

Tru has a great study abroad and exchange program anyhow and if you're an avid skier then I think you would like it. Just know that sun peaks is about 30-40 minutes away from campus.

If you want the “university experience”, go to UBC ,don’t go to Kamloops.

Honestly, I would look at other post secondary schools in BC prior to Thompson Rivers University (TRU). It's in a pretty small tertiary city, which is nice enough (I lived there for a year), but it is extremely auto-dependent and there isn't much to do for young people. As for your educational experience, TRU was a community college until about 10 years ago when it was upgraded to a 'full' university, so it won't necessarily be comparable to a 'real' (research) university in a major city.

I would suggest the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), or the University of Victoria (UVic) if you are interested in a Canadian university in British Columbia.

If living in a smaller Canadian city close to skiing is appealing, UBC has a satellite 'Okanagan' campus in Kelowna. Kelowna is still a decent sized city (~200,000) and the campus has about 10,000 students and a broad range of faculties (arts and sciences, engineering, medicine, etc.), and has great skiing close by at Big White and Silver Star. Kelowna is still very auto-dependent but has decent transit and a nice little downtown. It's also quite a different natural environment (semi-desert) than what you will find in Vancouver or Victoria (temperate coastal/rainforest), let alone Denmark.

With all that said, I would focus on UBC (Vancouver) and SFU, both in metro Vancouver. The transit system is lightyears ahead of Victoria and Kelowna, it's a much bigger city (2.5 million) with a far larger population of young people, more culture, restaurants and bars, etc., and there's still lots of really close by skiing (Cypress, Grouse, Seymour at right beside the city and Whistler-Blackcomb is 2.5 hours away).

If you're looking for a really Canadian university experience, and don't care as much about skiing, I would also highly suggest looking at the University of Toronto (and Ryerson University) in Toronto, and McGill University in Montreal. Vancouver-Toronto-Montreal are the big three in Canada for cities and universities.

There's this: not yet pushed down the memory-hole

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/thompson-rivers-university-responds-to-kamloops-professors-suspension/

from year 2018:

Pyne [remains] suspended for what the university has called his use of “defamatory language and accusations” after he published a paper stating that several of the Kamloops university’s administrators and faculty had been published in journals that lacked peer review. He also wrote that many of those publishing in the journals were often awarded with research grants or promotions.

I went to TRU and loved it! There's a great international program. I ran Adventure U club for a year ans we brought international students in the outdoors around town.

I Agree with others that Kamloops is not THE city you want to go to, but after having lived there for 4 years it grew on me quite a lot.

There's shuttle to Sun Peaks, but your best bet is to befriend someone with a car ahah. Sunpeaks is a great resort.

Campus life is active during school hours, but outside of that the campus is pretty dead.

The town itself is pretty active on the weekend (even though it is a more "local" nightlife) There's tons to do.

Pm me if you have any questions!

I live in victoria now!

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This depends on what you want to get out of your stay - if you're coming for a one year trip then TRU may be a good option for you. There are not a large number of Scandinavian students but while I was attending there I did meet a few Swedes and Norwegians.

There are a lot of Germans however who live year round at Sun Peaks working there. If you have a season pass there are shuttles and student going there often (daily) and getting there shouldn't be an issue.

The night life in Kamloops and the University is definitely lack luster and has never been a strong point of the community. That said TRU has numerous active groups and clubs if you're looking to join social groups that way. The University hosts a large number of international students and most of the student housing is within easy transit or walking distance from the University and stores.

Since you are looking to get an experience for your gap year it may be a good choice as the tuition fees and cost of living will be significantly lower than the major universities in the Province.

I am a TRU alumni. It's just OK. If I could do it over again I'd go to UBC.

Stay in Denmark. Canada is not worth it. In my opinion you would get more bang for your buck and have way more to experience going somewhere in the U.S.A. not to mention their universities are second to none.