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They share best practices for using medical marijuana, and essential data and information to the program. David Purcell, the university’s director of emerging business suggests that demand in skyrocketing, and the university has had to offer classes every four weeks compared to every eight weeks as it had done previously. Over 1200 students have successfully completed the program so far, and as legalization approaches, demand is expected to grow even more. The program has a few streams, ranging from Plant Production and Facility Management, to Marketing and Sales and Product Development, to Finance in the Cannabis Sector. Many industry leaders are collaborating with NICHE, including Zenabis, CannaFarms, Tantalus Labs, Aphria (TSX: APH; OTC: APHQF; FRA: 10E), and CannTrust (TSX: TRST; OTC: CNTTF; FRA: C9S). In fact, all of its instructors are currently employed by licensed producers.
As you can see, cannabis-based education is really emerging as a new and exciting stream for prospective students. Recently, I had the privilege to visit Organigram’s operations in Moncton, New Brunswick. Not only was I blown away by their operations and facility, I was surprised by how young their staff was. This is technically an old market sector, cannabis is, but new fresh buildings, machinery, equipment, and employees give it a young feel. Extremely knowledge-able, and very driven. As more of our educational institutions and hospitals come on board, I am sure we’ll be seeing an ever expanding knowledge base. Even more determination and drive to succeed. This is an opportunity to get in from the ground up, and it is interesting to see our curriculum take shape at these colleges and universities, perhaps graduating the next Bruce Linton, or Cam Battley very soon.