The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) has launched a Social Impact Fund to address some of the outstanding issues in the industry associated with environmental sustainability and diversity, among other things.
The OCS, which is owned by the Ontario government, says the new pilot funding is an opportunity to support projects and research promoting social responsibility “and benefits Ontarians in a positive way.”
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Social equity is an issue critics say Canada has broadly failed to address in a meaningful way since the country legalized cannabis in 2018.
For instance, the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, part of the University of Toronto, found that Black and Indigenous people and women were vastly underrepresented in certain quarters of the Canadian cannabis industry.
The OCS is inviting not-for-profits, charitable organizations and research teams affiliated with academic institutions to apply for funding.
The organization has set aside up to 500,000
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