Jonathan is the master grower and facility manager for Edenbrooke, a new medical cannabis producer located near Brantford, Ontario. Jonathan received his MSc. from the University of Guelph where he studied medical cannabis irrigation strategies under Dr. Mike Dixon in the Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility (CESRF). He is the first person to attain a graduate level degree in cannabis production in North America. He also completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph in Environmental Engineering where he studied in fields including soil mechanics, water filtration, and fluid mechanics. Jonathan gained experience working in agriculture as a soybean research assistant for Monsanto Canada where he was involved in large-scale agriculture and research for soybean breeding programs. During his MSc., he worked for ABcann Medicinals as a Horticultural Technician and Researcher gaining valuable experience in all aspects of medical cannabis production under the Health Canada ACMPR. After working for ABcann, Jonathan worked as the director of cultivation at Medz Cannabis Inc. helping build the company from the start and attaining their cultivation license.
Passionate about all things cannabis. Kieley co-founded a micro cultivation and processor in 2018 and founded the Alberta Cannabis Micro Licence Association (ACMLA) in 2019. Kieley spent the early part of 2019 lobbying the County of Parkland to increase Cannabis production from 1 land zone to 8. Kieley’s career background is 7 years in occupational health, safety, security, and environment in industrial construction and facilities operation. Those skills have been foundational in navigating the highly regulated Canadian Cannabis industry. In 2021, the company was acquired, just 9 short months after licencing. In 2022, they achieved dried flower, Extracts, Topicals and Edibles sales licence and built distribution from coast to coast in Canada; including AB, ON, NB, PEI, BC and SK. As Founder and Past President of the ACMLA, Kieley lead lobby efforts to reduce insurance requirements for Micro licence holders and AGLC changed their policy in favor of Micro’s.
Currently, Kieley is focused on cannabis Mergers and Acquisitions with Hyde Advisory. Helping cannabis operators domestically and abroad, build strategic partnerships, raise capital or divest their business. Kieley brings a unique skill set to this aspect of the space with full operational expertise and knowledge of transferring licences to new parties and investors.
Jonathan Hirsh (@Weedstagram416) has been a medical and recreational user of cannabis for over 14+ years here in Canada and in California. He was nominated for two Canadian cannabis awards (influencer and cannabis crusader). As Weedstagram416 Jonathan was also featured on LIFT’s list of instagram influencers to follow along side Tommy Chong, Remo Nutrients and many more. Jonathan currently runs The Education Station, a company dedicated to spreading the word of safe cannabis use. From growing to legal extract making to edibles, The Education Station covers every aspect of cannabis so that your first time consuming is as good as our instructors most recent. Jonathan loves to chat about medicating so feel free to say high and give him a follow him at www.instagram.com/weedstagram416 to find about the latest cannabis gadgets.
Anat Baron is a force of nature whose forte is building brands, leading teams, and growing companies. She has led major organizations through periods of internal upheaval, intense competition, and market disruption. Her real-world experience and deep understanding of technology allow her to share proven strategies for engaging consumers, nurturing innovation, and generating sustainable growth for businesses, non profits, and associations. Anat provides an exceptional blend of business acumen, creative vision, and storytelling.
Currently the CEO of Stashwall, Inc., an early-stage, game changing technology startup, Anat Baron is best known as the wunderkind behind Mike’s Hard Lemonade. Within three years, she grew Mike’s into a $200 million juggernaut—establishing a new product category in the ultra-competitive beer industry. She did this despite her allergy to alcohol. Baron’s eclectic and highly successful career has included working with well-known hotel brands including Four Seasons, Holiday Inn and Radisson and as a Hollywood executive and producer. After leaving Mike’s, she combined her entertainment and business know-how to write, produce, and direct Beer Wars, an award-winning documentary film that tells the David and Goliath story of the US beer industry and predicted the exponential growth of craft beer.
As a solution-oriented keynote speaker who offers fresh perspectives on the big ideas and important questions shaping our future, Anat inspires your audience to think bigger and take action. She builds each of her dynamic and informative talks by investing time with key members of your organization and understanding your audience and the most important issues they face. The result is an insightful and engaging presentation that sparks conversation, creates meaningful change, and has lasting impact. Her compelling, no-nonsense, audience centric approach makes her the perfect speaker for today’s increasingly fast changing world.
Bruce has a passion for entrepreneurship and making a positive difference in the world. He brings a wealth of experience in building strong technology-driven companies, developing world-class teams, and positioning his companies in sectors driven by waves of public policy change. Mr. Linton is Founder and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canopy Growth Corporation (Nasdaq: CGC/TMX: WEED). As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canopy Growth Corporation, Mr. Linton led the Company through 31 acquisitions, and over 16 rounds of financing, $6 billion of capital raises, including a $5 billion investment by Constellation Brands, the largest beer import company in the United States.
Bruce serves as the founding Executive Chairman of Gage Growth Corp. (CSE: GAGE); which announced on Sept 1, 2021, an agreement to be acquired by TerrAscend Corp (CSE: TER), (OTCQX: TRSSF), a leading North cannabis multi-state operator. He is a founding Board of Director member of Mind Medicine Inc. (NEO: MMED), and Chairman of the Governance and Compensation Committee; the psychedelic-inspired medicine biotech company. Co‐Founder and Chair of the Board, Co-Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer of Martello Technologies Group Inc. (TSXV: MTLO). He is also currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board for Red Light Holland Corp., (CSE: TRIP), Creso Pharma (ASX: CPH), and Above Foods. Is Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Óskare Capital, and an active investor with Slang Worldwide Inc. (CSE: SLNG) and with OG DNA Genetics Inc. Bruce also sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Olympic Foundation and is an active member of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation, Campaign Executive Committee. Bruce was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Collective Growth Corporation; a special purpose acquisition company which went public on NASDAQ on May 1, 2020, and completed its business combination transaction with Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ) in April 2021.
– MSc in Entomology
– Research Assistant (Biocontrol, Agriculture Canada, Laval University) – 3 years
– IPM Specialist in Biocontrol Industry – 9 years
– R&D Manager for Biocontrol Supplier – 4 years
– CURRENTLY: Professor: Greenhouse, Horticulture and Cannabis Programs, Niagara College
Marly has been a cannabis enthusiast & medical patient for over a decade. She got her start in the industry working in a cannabis lounge while completing her Honours Bachelor Degree in Philosophy & Buddhist Studies at the U of T. In 2015 she started the instagram account @tweedledoob and has organically gained 42k followers since. For the last year she has been doing freelance content creation, paid promotion, and social media consulting full time & is proud to have recently been contracted by The Supreme Cannabis Company to consult on their 7ACRES recreational brand launch. Photo by @fallforvee.
Isadore Day, Wiindawtegowinini (Win-daw-teh-go-nini) is an Anishinabe from beautiful Serpent River First Nation. He and his beautiful wife Angela raise their beautiful daughters in the beautiful north shore of Lake Huron in the Robinson Huron Treaty territory.
Isadore is the former Regional Chief of Ontario, and the founder and CEO of Bimaadzwin, a newly established entity that strives to become the leader in indigenous business development. With a consecutive run as an elected First Nation leader, in the summer of 2018, Chief Day stepped into the private sector and social innovation world with an eagerness to address Nationhood imperatives as a key pillar in his carefully formed business pursuit.
Bimaadzwin means life in Anishinaabe language. Isadore believes all societies on our planet have an affinity and unique perspective for life and seek to have a sustained quality of life for their citizens. The Bimaadzwin team focus is on the quality of life and the advancement of our nations by working with Indigenous communities and willing partners.
Chief Day’s background in the fields of public administration and governance, business administration and social work uniquely position him towards building on a strong foundation moving forward on the cannabis sector in Canada. The lack of consultations with First Nations on the cannabis file will need to be addressed moving forward to ensure benefits from this emerging opportunity are shared over the long term. He has a keen sense of both broad and specific challenges in the various phases of this aggressively moving lifting of prohibition on cannabis.
Since the beginning, Chief Day has been at many tables on the policy development on this important file. There are many challenges facing indigenous people who wish to be included in this fast moving sector. Bimaadzwin is well positioned to be a supportive vehicle to assist in the development of this sector, identifying the unique strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing Indigenous Peoples and Communities as cannabis industry participants.
Chief Day is adamant that Indigenous Peoples must lead with their culture and ensure that the ‘green push’ does not overtake the preservation of Indigenous values, worldview, protocols, and ceremonies that are vital to our way of life; while at the same time benefiting from the health and economic opportunities that seem to be a growing prevalence in this flourishing market.
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