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Hundreds of businesses are springing up in response to the legalization of recreational cannabis and they will require thousands of employees.

“At one point last year, we had more than 1,000 people on our waiting list to take our cannabis business courses,” said James McCartney, senior manager of emerging business at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

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KPU’s non-credentialed cannabis curriculum is going into its fourth year and requires constant tweaking as the business and regulatory landscape changes.

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Hundreds of new enterprises will be sharing their innovations at a four-day cannabis business expo this week in Vancouver, and there will be plenty of Kwantlen cannabis alumni in the mix.

If you are hoping to gain employment in the cannabis industry Kwantlen offers a whole suite of courses to prepare people for this rapidly emerging field.

A two-day workshop on January 11 and 12 is meant to prepare students for work in cannabis retail businesses.