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Videos of Founder's Day talks now available

Published: 19 February 2018

Macdonald Founder's Day,  brought together more than 500 members of the Mac Community to celebrate the birth of Sir William Macdonald, to recognize outstanding staff and students, and to listen to three very timely talks on the medical, legal and entrepreneurial aspects of medical Cannibis, in light of its imminent legalization.

Following the talks, Dean Anja Geitmann announced that the Faculty, in conjunction with the School of Continuing Studies, will be offering two one-day professional workshops on the industrial production and quality control of medical Cannabis, to be held on May 1st and 2nd.

Learn more about the workshops.

Watch the videos:

Medical Perspectives - Jordi Perez, MD PhD FIPP, Director, MUHC Cancer Pain Program

Legal Perspectives - Ivan Ross Vrána, Vice-President Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Entrepreneurial Perspectives - David Bernard-Perron, BSc(AgEnvSc)'12, MSc'15, VP Growth Operations, The Green Organic Dutchman


Photos from the event are available on our Flickr page.

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