VIU nursing professor receives a $50,000 grant to develop psychedelic therapies

BC's Ministry of Education has lost a landmark case in the Supreme Court of Canada. It has been ordered to pay more than $7 million dollars to the Francophone School Board of BC.Dr. Shannon Dames a nursing professor at Vancouver Island University has received a $50,000 dollar grant to develop a psychedelic therapy for health care workers and first responders who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Farmers in the Alberni Valley will be allowed to slaughter animals on their farms for sale to consumers restaurants and butcher shops.This news update is brought to you by a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada. If you support the growth of news journalism on CHLY, please consider making a donation at chly.ca/support.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: [email protected] Find us on social media at Twitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY’s News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.