CÉGEP foresees high demand for courses to certify workers for cannabis industry

Gatineau’s CÉGEP de l’Outaouais is aiming at becoming the first post-secondary institution in Quebec to train technologists and technicians to work in the cannabis industry.
The CÉGEP has teamed with the medical cannabis producer Hydropothecary in Masson-Angers, which is providing the workplace data and analysis to demonstrate the growing need for trained workers, said the CÉGEP’s director of studies, Jacqueline LaCasse. 
“We approached them