mark ware /channels/taxonomy/term/8420/all en Expert: National Cannabis Survey /channels/channels/news/expert-national-cannabis-survey-356210 <p>New data show that, in 2023, five years after non-medical cannabis use was legalized, over one-third of younger adults aged 18 to 44 years and one in seven adults aged 45 years and older had used cannabis in the previous 12 months. The National Cannabis Survey is used to understand cannabis use and purchasing patterns in Canada, its impact on the economy, and to inform evidence-based national and provincial strategies, policies, and programs.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:46:16 +0000 webfull 198686 at /channels Dr. Mark Ware, vice-chair of task force on cannabis /channels/news/dr-mark-ware-vice-chair-task-force-cannabis-261602 <p>World-renowned pain specialist and medical cannabis researcher Dr. Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Health Centre (MUHC), has been nominated vice-chair of an important federal task force that will provide guidance to the Canadian government as it prepares to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in spring 2017.</p> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:54:07 +0000 webfull 119741 at /channels Æ»¹ûÒùÔº at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) /channels/news/mcgill-university-american-academy-advancement-science-aaas-266392 <p><em>Hynes Convention Center - Boston</em></p> <h3><a href="https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2017/webprogram/Session16826.html">Jumpstarting Neurological Research through Open Science – MNI & Æ»¹ûÒùÔº</a></h3> <p>Friday, February 17, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM/ Room 208</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2017 21:56:07 +0000 webfull 125515 at /channels Experts: Federal Budget 2017 /channels/news/experts-federal-budget-2017-267188 <p>Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government's latest budget on March 22, 2017.</p> <h3><a href="/law/about/profs/gold-richard">Richard Gold</a>, Faculty of Law, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº</h3> <p>His area of expertise is innovation policy, the clusters the government is announcing, and other programs they may mention to bolster how Canadian firms can become world players. He teaches in the area of intellectual property, international intellectual property, comparative intellectual property, innovation policy and intellectual property management.</p> Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:00:39 +0000 webfull 126510 at /channels