After gaining her undergraduate degree and PGCE, Trys taught in outdoor education for several years.  She moved into coach education, training, and assessment, working at Plas y Brenin, and abroard in the USA, Finland, and Norway.  Later she worked for Canoe Wales as a Club Development Officer.  Work in this role sparked her interest in peer support and its impact on individual and community wellbeing.   She returned to Bangor to follow up this research interest and completed an MSc in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology.  She is currently undertaking a PhD in Health and Wellbeing.

Trys has been an external member of teaching staff since 2009 working with Snowdonia Watersports to deliver the Waterbased modules of the Adventure Sport Science undergraduate degree programme.  She formally joined the faculty in 2022 to teach a third-year module in Outdoor and Adventure Therapy.

• MSc: Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
  2015
• BCU Level 5 Coach (Sea Kayak), Level 4 (Inland and Canoe)
  British Canoeing, 1999
• Winter Mountain Leader
  Scottish Mountain Leader Training Board, 1998
• Certificate of Education (Information Technology with Outdoor Activities)
  University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1994
• BA: Sports, Health, and Physical Education
  University College of North Wales, Bangor, 1993

Trys is the module organiser for JXH-3085 Outdoor and Adventure Therapy  She has also taught the water-based modules for the Adventure Sport Science undergraduate degree.  

She is happy to supervise undergraduate and Masters students on projects involving health and wellbeing that encompass outdoor activities, adventurous activities, outdoor and/or adventure therapy, or peer support.

Trys’s research interests lie within health and wellbeing and include examination of the role played by peer support, nature, and adventurous activities, in improving both individual and community wellbeing across populations.

Studentship opportunities within the school can be found at:

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#sport

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/studentfinance/postgraduate/funding#health

2022

• PublishedWhen One Health Meets the United Nations Ocean Decade: Global Agendas as a Pathway to Promote Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Nature Relationships
  Masterson Algar, P., Jenkins, S., Windle, G., Morris-Webb, E., Takahashi, C. K., Burke, T., Rosa, I., Martinez, A. S., Torres-Mattos, E. B., Taddei, R., Morrison, V., Kasten, P., Bryning, L., Cruz de Oliveira, N. R., Gonçalves, L. R., Skov, M., Beynon-Davies, C., Bumbeer, J., Saldiva, P. H. N., Leão, E. & Christofoletti, R., 6 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 809009.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedSea Kayaking
  Morris, T., 31 May 2006, British Canoe Union Coaching Handbook. Ferrero, F. (ed.). Presda Press, p. 251-284
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter