News Releases Archives - Applied Research and Innovation Department

Loyalist College to Launch Canada’s First Technology Access Centre for Natural Products and Cannabis

June 13, 2019

Belleville, Ontario, June 13, 2019 – Loyalist College is the recipient of a $1,750,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program grant over five years to launch Canada’s first Technology Access Centre (TAC) for natural products and cannabis. In addition, Loyalist received $1M through the Canada Foundation [...]

Loyalist College Awarded Government Grant for Research Equipment

November 9, 2018

Belleville, Ontario, November 9, 2018 – Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis (ARC) has been awarded $150,000 in funding from the Government of Canada’s College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program – Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grant through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This grant [...]

Vivo and Loyalist College Collaborate on Cannabis Applied Research Project

October 5, 2018

Napanee, Ontario, October 5, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – VIVO Cannabis Inc. (TSXV:VIVO, OTCQX: VVCIF) (“VIVO” or the “Company”), through its wholly owned subsidiary ABcann Medicinals Inc., and Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis (ARC) have entered into an applied research agreement to investigate and develop innovative processes for the extraction and formulation [...]

Loyalist College and Entomo Farms Extend Applied Research Partnership

May 11, 2018

May 11, 2018 Belleville, Ontario, May 11, 2018 – Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis (ARC) has extended its applied research project with Entomo Farms, funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), for another year. For the past 12 months, the ARC has collaborated with Entomo [...]

Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis Collaborates with Province Brands of Canada

April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018 Belleville, Ontario, April 30, 2018 – Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis (ARC) has launched a year-long applied research project with Province Brands of Canada, makers of alcohol-free cannabis beers and spirits. In February 2018, Loyalist was awarded $660,000 in funding for the project through the Government [...]

Loyalist College Introduces Canada’s First Cannabis Applied Science Program

April 19, 2018

April 19, 2018 Belleville, Ontario, April 19, 2018 – Loyalist College has launched an eight-month Cannabis Applied Science (CSGS) Ontario College post-graduate certificate program with funding approval by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. Created in response to the burgeoning cannabis job market, the new program is the first of its kind in Canada [...]