Commercial Cannabis Production Niagara College Canada

Niagara College

• One year Post Graduate Certificate

• College diploma or university degree prerequisite

• Three intakes per year

WHY?

• Lack of professional growing knowledge in the Cannabis industry

• Everything must be grown to very strict Health Canada standards

• No pesticide residue or microbial contamination

• Assist with other Federal Govt. Priorities• 100% traceability

Niagara College has the Expertise

• Large and growing Greenhouse Technician program

• Training students for the floriculture and vegetable industry

• Now for the Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Lab

• Specially designed 480 sq ft Cannabis lab with additional 320 sq ftservice area

• Total of 800 sq ft• Currently licensed by

Health Canada as a section 56 CDSA exemption for teaching and research

Security

• High security• 24/7 video• 1 Year Archive of video• Motion detectors• Card and PIN swipe• RPiC security clearance• 8’ fence and barbed wire

Secure Compound

Cannabunker

Continual Monitoring

Hands On Learning

Applied Research

• Nutrient deficiency• Organic Growing• Tissue Culture• Mycorrhizae• Integrated Pest

Management

Student Led Research

Nutrient Deficiency

Tissue Culture

Mycorrhizae

Organic Growing and IPM

Courses

Courses

Licensed Producer Partners

• Emblem Cannabis – Paris, ON• Beleave Inc. – Flamborough,

ON• MariCann Inc. – Walsingham, ON• RedeCan Pharm. – Fenwick,

ON• Green Relief – Flamborough, ON• The Green Organic Dutchman

– Ancaster, ON• ABCann Medicinals Inc. –

Napanee, ON• CannabCo – Brampton, ON• CannTrust – Fenwick and

Vaughan, ON• WeedMD – Aylmer, ON

• MedRealf Corp. – Markham, ON

• Mariwell Inc. – Wheatley, ON• UP Newstrike, Brantford, ON• Canada’s Island Garden,

Charlottetown, PEI• Farmedica – Port Colborne, ON• Tweed Farms – NOTL, Creemore,

ON• Paul Doyle – Fort Erie, ON• Ample Organics – Toronto, ON• Phytocultures – Charlottetown, PEI

Working closely with LPs

Niagara College’s Goal

• Add expertise to Cannabis growing

• Train competent growers

• Graduates can navigate Health Canada regulations

• Research

Faculty

• Sebastien Jacob MSc. IPM

• Bill MacDonald MSc. Plant Nutrition/Physiology

• Derek Schulze MSc. Crop Production/Environmental Controls