If you’re a local to Calgary, or feel like coming to town for the dopest experience ever, we have just the event for you! NeuroTrition has partnered up with Telus Spark, to bring you Higher Education: A Five Course Menu Masterclass in Cannabis Science.

At this event, you can expect to get schooled in 5 masterclasses, from the leading cannabis scientists and researchers from across North America, while indulging in 5 curated culinary courses.

THE FOOD.

Orsha Magyar, NeuroTrition Founder & CEO, worked with Chef Alison MacNeil of Telus Spark to create a 5 course menu that focuses on the key take-aways from each researcher's talk. Check out details for each masterclass below! This will be the most delicious Sci Comm you have ever tasted.

But wait. There’s more.

We're taking this menu to the next level. Not only will each dish relate to a corresponding talk, we also curated each dish to emphasize a particular terpene found in cannabis. Terpenes give cannabis its known flavour and smell but are not psychoactive. We've worked to incorporate ingredients into our menu that boast the same flavours and scents as those found in select terpenes. For example, the terpene linalool smells and tastes like lavender.

During the evening, as you learn from the neuroscientists, you can expect to go on a culinary journey with these terpenes:

• Beta-Caryophyllene
• Myrcene
• Alpha-Pinene
• Limonene
• Linalool

Keep scrolling to see the menu (and what each of these terpenes makes you feel like).

THE HOSTS.

Orsha will be co-hosting this incredible event with a role model of hers, best-selling author and science broadcaster (you may know him from Daily Planet), Jay Ingram.

Jay and Orsha will be your MCs for the entire event. He'll be guiding you through the science, and she'll be talking all things food (of course!) with you. Jay is also moderating The Great Debate (more on that below) and Orsha will be the “voice of God” in a special melt-your-mind dome show we have planned.

5 COURSES FOR YOUR BRAIN.

North America’s leading cannabis scientists will dish on the most current research in this 5 course masterclass event. You'll hear directly from those who are actually doing the research, instead of having this information filtered through the media. Here's what we have in store for you.

FIRST COURSE: Cannabis 101

TOPIC 1:
What is cannabis?
What’s in it? How does cannabis impact the human brain and body endocannabinoid system?

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Hill, Executive Director, Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids
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TOPIC 2:
Why did Canada legalize cannabis?
What is the demographic of cannabis users in Canada? How are people consuming cannabis?

Speaker: Dr Rebecca J. Haines-Saah, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

SECOND COURSE: Nuances of Cannabis

TOPIC 3:
Does your sex matter (sex differences in effects of cannabis)?

Speaker: Dr. Ziva Cooper, Research Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative
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TOPIC 4:
How does mode of administration impact the effects of cannabis?
Edibles vs smoking? Does CBD or terpenes really matter? How do they influence the effects of THC?

Speaker: Dr. Ryan Vandrey, Associate Professor, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University

THIRD COURSE: The Dark Side of Cannabis

TOPIC 5:
What does too much cannabis look like (ie. cannabis “overdose”)?

Speaker: Dr Rebecca J. Haines-Saah, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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TOPIC 6:
How do we approach addiction or misuse of cannabis?

Speaker: Dr. Kim Hellemans, Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University
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TOPIC 7:
Cannabis withdrawal: What is it and is it bad?

Speaker: Dr. Ryan Vandrey, Associate Professor, Behavioural Pharmacology Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University

FOURTH COURSE: The Great Debate

PANEL DEBATE. Moderated by Jay Ingram.
The main course is a debate with a panel of all the scientists: Cooper, Haines-Saah, Hellemans, Hill, and Vandrey.

You can expect topics to be debated including:

• Do you believe there is medical benefit of cannabis and if so for what conditions?
• What do you think is the biggest myth or misconception about cannabis in the media or general public?
• Do you think there are genuine harms associated with cannabis, and if so, what are they?

FIFTH COURSE: Sweet High Cannabis and the Munchies

TOPIC 8:
How does cannabis cause the “munchies?”
How does it affect your eating behaviour and metabolism?

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Hill, Executive Director, Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids

5 COURSES FOR YOUR BELLY.

Check out the curated menu, below, to see which amazing dish pairs perfectly with which masterclass. It's safe to say, you've never experienced education in such a delicious way. Psst, click on the image to see a larger version.

THE TICKETS.

$149 + GST per person
Ticket price includes 5 masterclasses, live entertainment from Jay Ingram’s band, the five-course meal, two drinks, and all gratuities.
*Minors are strictly prohibited.

Are you ready to get lit? CLICK HERE, to buy tickets for this five course conference that feeds both the body and soul.