Special Guest Barinder Rasode, President and CEO of NICHE Canada, and Co-Founder of She Talks joins host Drew Ogryzek to discuss cannabis legalization in Canada, and how NICHE Canada (National Institute for Cannabis Health and Education) fits in.
Initially, Rasode was opposed to the proliferation of cannabis dispensaries, but seeing those who are affected in positive ways helped her change perspectives, and she now heads NICHE Canada, an organization that aims to operationalize the federal government commissioned cannabis legalization and regulation taskforce report by ensuring all stakeholders during and after the process are equipped in their fields to manage this new regime.
Rasode says NICHE has a partnership with MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), with the CACP (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police), and other regulatory bodies that are concerned about product safetly and testing for intoxication levels. There are a lot of issues to be dealt with from economic, medical, and regulatory and public safety points of view. NICHE is working to bring all three levels of government and industry together to get them on the same page.
NICHE is hosting a job fair for the cannabis industry at UBC Robson Square on September 21st from 9:00AM to 9:00PM. Register on their site: https://www.nichecanada.com/job-fair-registration
Follow Rasode on Twitter at @BarinderRasode and Samantha Ming at @EventsPodcast.
Events Podcast Presents: Vancouver Tech Events Sep 5 - 8, 2017TUE: SEP 5
5 Steps to Creating a User-Centered Product or ServiceWED: SEP 6
TALENT DAY: Meet local tech companiesTHU: SEP 7
Xamarin: .NET Standard 2.0 support and other new and upcoming featuresFRI: SEP 8
GRUB IN THE HUB: The right people to take care of your peopleWant to include your event? DM eventspodcast on instagram/twitter @eventspodcast
Theme music by A Shell In The Pit from the game Parkitect
The Vancouver Tech Podcast is a weekly show focusing on the growing tech industry in the city of Vancouver. Get caught up on the events and meetups around town, startups, new businesses, developers, designers, community programs, and news. Each episode includes an interview with an outstanding member of our community.
Listen to the show here, email us, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
Episode 107 - Charlene Tessier, Strength in Numbers Virtual Summit
Episode 106 - Kahlil Ashanit, Founder of WeShowUp.io
Episode 105 - John Thompson, Analytics Leader & Best Selling Author
Episode 104 - Annee Ngo, CEO of Startup League and QUP
Episode 103: Angela Griffin, CTO of Glance Technologies
Episode 102: Startup Resources and Funding with Mike Volker of New Ventures BC
Episode 101: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & ICOs with Jeffery Walsh of EtherParty
Digital Identification: Joni Brennan
Episode 99: Business Organization with Ahmad Nassri, Principal Architect at Telus Digital
Episode 98: Recruiting & Hiring with Nicky Kunstman of InVision
Episode 97: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & ICOs - with MaRi Eagar and Manie Eagar
Episode 96: Continuous Delivery with Dan Garfield of Codefresh
Episode 95: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & ICOs with Dieter Shirley of AxiomZen
Episode 94: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & ICOs with Boris Mann of FrontierFoundry
Episode 93: Blockchain, Crypto Currencies & ICOs - Llew Morkel of ProsperiProp
Episode 91: Alex Cruise, Architect/Development Manager at Splunk
Episode 90: Kelsey Hightower, Staff Developer Advocate, Google Cloud Platform
Episode 89: Alejandro Lujan of ScalaQuest
Episode 88: Brittany Whitmore, Exvera Communications
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Commercial Edge: Unleash the Power of People
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Organic Marketing Simplified: Master podcast marketing, fuel podcast growth, and make money podcasting!
THE GO BIZ GUY
The Sigma Femme Podcast
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
The Tim Ferriss Show