Location & Date

2018 Award Ceremony will take place March 4th, 2019 at the Bridgewater Best Western Plus.

Event Details:
Date:  March 4th, 2019  (Snow date:  March 5th, 2019)

Times:
Networking Hour (6:00 - 7:00 pm)
Sponsored By

Dinner & Awards (7:00pm)

Menu:

Dinner
Coconut Curry Squash Soup
Roasted Top Sirloin with red wine & shallot gravy
Sticky Toffee Pudding

Veg/GF choice
Ratatouille Roasted zucchini, eggplant, peppers, onions, fresh herbs and tomato served over angel hair rice noodle.

Keynote Speaker:

Sponsored by

Myrna Gillis, QC, LLB, BA

Myrna Gillis, QC is a lawyer, disabilities advocate and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in business. She is the founder and CEO of Aqualitas, the largest licensed producer of cannabis in Nova Scotia, Canada and has lead initiatives in cannabis research, product development, international import and export. Under her leadership, Aqualitas has raised $22 million in non-brokered funds in the exempt market, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in research grants and credits for award-winning technologies and innovations in the cannabis sector.

Aqualitas is a woman-led, environmentally sustainable producer, the only Clean Green certified producer in Canada and will soon be the only Canadian licensed producer that is GMP European ICH compliant with organically grown certification. Myrna was named Bronze Business Leader of the Year by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce at its 2019 Business Awards for her leadership in rural economic development, innovation and environmental sustainability. She received her Queen’s Counsel designation in 2014 for exceptional merit, ethics and contribution to the legal profession.

Location Details:
Best Western Plus Bridgewater Hotel and Convention Center

Tel: (902) 530-0101    Website: book.bestwestern.com