The fellowships are also supported by industry partner Aurora Cannabis, where the fellows will receive factory tours and education sessions on the science of cannabis - via TheGrowthOp Cannabis news
Advertisement 4Partnered with Cannabis Amnesty, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to righting historical wrongs created by cannabis prohibition, the inaugural fellows will begin their paid internships at a rate of $25/hr and 35 hours a week this summer.
The fellows will help Cannabis Amnesty kickstart new campaigns while also benefiting from networking opportunities and insights into the cannabis industry and the legacy of prohibition.Article content “Cannabis [prohibition] has so drastically ruined so many lives for Black people and for Indigenous people,” he says. “And when there are that few people around to care about carrying the torch, well, you’ve got to carry that torch. So here we are. And I think that kind of sets the motion in terms of why I want to help.
Shortly after it was founded, Cannabis Amnesty started a petition asking the government to grant pardons to the estimated 500,000 Canadians who have criminal records for cannabis-related offences.
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