Thompson Rivers University Housing McGill Residence - Kamloops, British Columbia

raj S.

Beware.. they are operating a SCAM!!
On their website the rooms and the common area looks very good and clean. But after paying thousands of dollars, you get rubbish.
Bad smell, stained mattress, walls smell like cigarettes, no proper ventilation in shower, rusted skin, hair everywhere and pee on the floor. If you want to live in this torture cell. Go ahead. The managers and the front desk have attitude, they don’t care, no rules and they take security deposit for things which are already broken.

sahand N.

If you’re considering paying thousands of dollars for what feels like a prison cell, this place might just be the top choice. Have a problem? No worries, just approach the front desk to be insulted. Instead of solving the problem or providing proper maintenance, they’ll simply tell you to email them, with no response or solution forthcoming. They seem to prefer hiding behind their computers rather than facing and solving problems. The rooms are ridiculously small, making it nearly impossible to breathe inside them. They’re so dirty that you’ll need to clean them for hours upon moving in. Not to mention, the toilets are disgusting. This place and its staff are the absolute worst. Respect your mental health and don’t give these people your money.

Paolo B.

Rooms are a bit small but as a student you don’t really need that much.
If it’s your first year in Canada or TRU in general, this is the best place to start.
You get to have a good time and meet a lot of new people.
Positive things:
- You live with your friends and you get to see them everyday.
- You live 5 min away from almost every building at TRU
- On Campus WIFI is good and you get it at McGill
- You have an RA and he or she will take care of you and take you seriously with every problem that you might encounter.
- You live next to a gym/pool/running facilities
- Both Superstore and Walmart are at walking distances of 10 min.

Negative things:
- Sometimes you can hear the outside noise
- Winter wind gusts can be a little bit harder in between the towers.

Jayde R.

The (black) mold is a serious health hazard.

It covers the shared bathroom (you can see it in the grout of the shower) as well as the window sills in every room. If a health inspector came to look at McGill, it would get shut down.

There’s no proper ventilation, in the bathroom or the tiny, claustrophobic rooms, so you are breathing the mold (and the spores) in all the time.

By the end of the year I was chronically fatigued, experiencing skin issues, and more. Just search the symptoms for toxic mold.

Guinevre V.

If you're serious about your schooling and/or in an intensive program, I wouldn't suggest living here. Unless you want to take chance on what my friends would call "Nightmare Roommates". Although staff have been kind, their actions have shown they're not advocates for students.

In their standards "noise levels at any time should not detract from any resident’s ability to pursue academic endeavours or to enjoy a peaceful living environment. An individual’s right to reasonable quiet supersedes another’s right to make noise" is simply not true and not enforced.

I couldn't work to the best of my potential as a student at McGill Residence. I'm talking 1-2-3-4 am in the morning yelling, screaming almost daily. Friday-Weekends sure, but Monday-Thursday as well... Having to sleep during the day because you know you won't be able to sleep at night is unacceptable. The idea of even having to adjust your schedule to work around those who cause disruption is unacceptable.

Others have reported them as well. But nothing obviously drastic was done to make changes to their behaviour. They know they can get away with it. The residence staff asks you to talk it out and that's fine but you can't reason with those who have no conscience.

Poor behaviour will be enabled here at the cost of dedicated students. I don't want others to have the experience I've had here. Possibly if roommate matching is guaranteed, but that wasn't given to us this year. Best wishes.

Abso

1. Terrible staff.
2. Can never get ahold of them through email and even through calling.
3. Website is full of glitches.
4. It seems like they force run an automated system for a lot of backend stuff causing a lot of issues when you can never get ahold of them.
5. Westgate dorm was incomplete. Was nice that they offered to allow students to stay at hotels but some places didn't even have microwaves and the staff at the hotels didn't allow students to hook up their own appliances.
6. After move in date, there was still a lot of things incomplete. Yet, they said everything would be completed by beginning of semester. It was nearly a month after and they were still doing work. Also constant work that shouldn't need to be done.
7. Too expensive, then again it's mainly just the entire region.
8. Wifi was nearly inaccessible for most of the time and really slow as it piggy backs off the Universities internet which is shockingly bad.

1/5. Would not recommend the University nor this housing.

Nigel S.

Well just as you can see, most comments here are very negative and that’s true!.Mainly their service to students at the residence doesn’t get along with the money which is being paid to stay there.Some of the RA’s there are so unprofessional and at some point they will come and bang at your door instead of knocking nicely.I can write a book about most the things I have encountered there, but more importantly I wouldn’t recommend International students to stay at this residence for your own mental health!.

Yohannes F.

I cannot be more honest with you! I wish i could give them a negative... Don't even try to consider them. The rooms are the most uncomfortable, unmaintained and old af.. The people who work there will scam you in a heart beat, if you don't follow up after moving out, they will take your damage deposit for no reason at all. For all new students, (cuz most existing student knows about them) especially for all International students, please avoid McGill housing as much as you can to avoid being scammed. and incase you move in, take as much pictures as you can when you move in for evidence when moving out.