Frankly Speaking, March 2019
Cannabis, Kids, and the Classroom: a balanced way forward for educators
Dr. Blye Frank, Dean, Faculty of Education, the University of British Columbia, hosts the fourth installment of FRANKLY SPEAKING on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.
In light of Canada’s recent legalization of the use of recreational marijuana and other cannabis products, how can educators help students navigate responsible and legal consumption by young people both now and in the future?
Glen Hansman, President of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF), will be offering the perspective of an educator, while Dr. Muffy Greenway, Child Psychiatrist and Dr. M-J Milloy, Canopy Growth Professor of Cannabis Science, will provide practical and scientific insight into how cannabis affects the minds of students.
After the presentation, event attendees will be encouraged to ask questions to receive real-time answers from these professionals.
FRANKLY SPEAKING provides alumni and friends of UBC’s Faculty of Education with the opportunity to hear from prominent speakers on featured topics relevant to the field of education.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
5:30 – 6:00 PM | Registration
6:00 – 7:30 PM | Program
7:30 – 8:00 PM | Reception*
UBC Robson Square
800 Robson St
Vancouver, BC
Cost: $10.00
*light refreshments and discussions
Featured Speakers
Dr. Muffy Greenaway MD, FRPC(C)
Founder & Director, Three Story Clinic
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Dr. Muffy Greenaway MD, FRPC(C)
Founder & Director, Three Story Clinic
Dr. Muffy Greenaway MD, FRPC(C) is the Founder and Director of three story clinic and is a Psychiatrist with over 10 years of experience assessing and treating conditions such as Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Psychosis, and Complex Pain. She is the past Medical Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at BC Children’s Hospital and the past Undergraduate Medical Director of Child Psychiatry (UBC). Dr. Greenaway holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor at UBC in the Department of Medicine while maintaining an active presence at BC Children’s Hospital in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Greenaway also sits on the board of the Adam’s Apples Foundation.
Glen Hansman
President, BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
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Glen Hansman
President, BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
Glen Hansman is an elementary school teacher with the Vancouver School Board and is currently in his third year as President of the BC Teachers’ Federation. He is serving in his tenth year on the BCTF’s Executive Committee. He is the chair of the K–12 Aboriginal Education Partners, is an officer of the BC Federation of Labour, and is a member of the Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress. Glen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University, a Bachelor of Education degree from McGill University and a Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. He was recently a member of the BC Teachers’ Council, which oversees the standards for those with teaching certificates in BC.
Dr. M-J Milloy, PhD
Canopy Growth professor of cannabis science; assistant professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
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Dr. M-J Milloy, PhD
Canopy Growth professor of cannabis science; assistant professor, Department of Medicine, UBC
M-J Milloy is an epidemiologist; a research scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use; and the inaugural Canopy Growth professor of cannabis science at the University of British Columbia, a position created by arms’ length gifts from the Government of British Columbia’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction and Canopy Growth, a licenced producer of cannabis. Since 2005, he has published more than 175 scientific articles, including studies in high-profile journals such as AIDS, Addiction, and The Lancet. His research focuses on identifying and modifying the social and structural factors that underlie the health and wellbeing of people who use psychoactive substances, especially among people living with HIV or substance use disorders, or who are marginalized or criminalized. For example, he contributed to the scientific evaluation of Insite, North America’s first public sanctioned supervised injection facility. His findings describing the facility’s beneficial impact on the risk of fatal overdose were cited in the Supreme Court of Canada’s unanimous decision to keep the facility open. More recently, he has focused on investigating the impacts of cannabis use among people at risk of opioid overdose in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. Recent findings include beneficial associations between frequent cannabis use and lower risks of various drug-related harms, such as initiation of injection drug use and disengagement in treatment for opioid use disorder. Currently, his research group is designing and implementing controlled trials to assess the potential utility of cannabis in the ongoing overdose crisis.
2019 Frankly Speaking March Livestream
Can’t make it in person? Please tune in to our Frankly Speaking Livestream on March 13th at 6PM.
Questions? Please contact education.alumni@ubc.ca or 604 827 2221.
