Keynote Address: Match made in Heaven – Cultivating the right strain for the right condition

Opening Remarks/ Land & Peoples Acknowledgement

Thank you for attending the 5th Grow Up Conference.  Grow Up extends our gratitude to the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples who have helped shape this region and continue to work, play, and care for this region.  Offering a Land and Peoples’ acknowledgement is important for us as a society to better learn of our history, but we have to move beyond a simple acknowledgement and work towards true reconciliation.

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Keynote Address: Match made in Heaven – Cultivating the right strain for the right condition

Keynote: Otis Jasper on Honouring Indigenous Roots

Honoring Indiginous Roots. Scientists studying the clinical applications of psychedelics inevitably find their way to ayahuasca, shaminism and the role of natural mind altering substances within indigenous spirituality and religious practice. In a field of study where science and religion can truly coexist, researchers and non indigenous people must be mindful of honoring the traditions of sacred plants as they attempt to build a bridge between native cultures and the efficacy of their medicine. This session will consider the traditional use of psychedelics and the reciprocity that must come along with adapting it

Keynote – Otis Jasper

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