{"id":574,"date":"2016-03-18T20:56:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T03:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/walshlab\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2018-08-11T13:10:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T20:10:23","slug":"seed-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/walshlab\/seed-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-773 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/walshlab\/files\/2016\/03\/SEED.jpg\" width=\"281\" height=\"112\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\">About<\/h3>\n<p>The development and implementation of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD) Certification Program for Medical Cannabis Dispensaries is supported by a grant from the\u00a0Peter Wall Solutions Initiative\u00a0awarded to the SEED: Standards, Engagement, Evaluation and Dissemination\u00a0project; a collaboration between researchers from the University of British Columbia, Canadians for Safe Access (CSA) and CAMCD. The Peter Wall Solutions Initiative, focuses on practical and innovative solutions to societal problems. The Peter Wall Solutions Initiative (PWSI) enables UBC faculty to team with community organizations in order to address issues of societal importance through innovative, interdisciplinary and academically rigorous research projects. The PWSI is supported by the Peter Wall Endowment to UBC.This project supports CAMCD to conduct a series of consultation meetings and key informant interviews with patients, dispensary operators, policy makers, and other key experts and stakeholders to ensure the CAMCD Certification Program addresses their needs and concerns.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-content\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Research Team<\/h3>\n<p>Ms. Rielle Capler, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zach Walsh, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Lucas MA, founder of Vancouver Island Compassion Society<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Consultants<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-content\">Dr.\u00a0Brian Emerson, Medical Consultant with BC Ministry of Health<br \/>\nJamie Marshall, I.H.\u00a0Practice Lead\u00a0for Community Integration, Mental Health and Substance\u00a0Use Services<br \/>\nMicheal Vonn, lawyer and the Policy Director of the\u00a0British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (the BCCLA)<br \/>\nDr. Susan Holtzman, \u00a0UBC\u00a0Assistant Professor of Psychology<br \/>\nDr. Lynda Balneaves, UBC Associate Professor in Nursing<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SEED Project Partners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-content\">The Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, a not-for-profit corporation, has been established with the mandate to promote a regulated community-based approach to medical cannabis access and to support medical cannabis dispensaries to provide the highest quality of patient care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-content\">Since its founding two decades ago, the mission of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has been to create collaborative, interdisciplinary, basic research programs for scholars at all stages of their career. It is one of only 30 similar institutions worldwide devoted to the free pursuit of learning and research at the highest levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For additional information about the study you may contact the principal investigators:<br \/>\nDr. Zachary Walsh, University of British Columbia, Okanagan at\u00a0zachary.walsh@ubc.ca<br \/>\nMs. Rielle Capler,\u00a0University of British Columbia\u00a0at\u00a0rielle.capler@ubc.ca.<br \/>\nPhilippe Lucas MA, founder of the Vancouver\u00a0Island Compassion Society at\u00a0plucasyyj@gmail.com<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.camcd-acdcm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seed Canada Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.camcd-acdcm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C.A.M.C.D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pwias.ubc.ca\/page.php?\/awards\/solutions-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Wall Solutions Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The development and implementation of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (CAMCD) Certification Program for Medical Cannabis Dispensaries is supported by a grant from the\u00a0Peter Wall Solutions Initiative\u00a0awarded to the SEED: Standards, Engagement, Evaluation and Dissemination\u00a0project; a collaboration between researchers from the University of British Columbia, Canadians for Safe Access (CSA) and CAMCD. 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