Recognizing cannabis movement
trailblazers
NYSE | TSX: ACB
EDMONTON, April 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Calling all Canadian
budtenders! Aurora Cannabis is kicking off the search for
Canada's Top
Budmaster ™ through a national
competition that will recognize cannabis professionals across the
country who are guiding consumers as they navigate the new world of
legal cannabis.
Through a series of skills-based and knowledge-testing events,
as well as through digital competitions, Canada's budtender community will be able to
demonstrate their expertise in cultivar characteristics and
histories, product categories and formats, exceptional customer
service, and must also showcase how they contribute to the
community and culture.
As Canada's first legal 420
holiday approaches, it's time to recognize the women and men in
cannabis retail stores who educate consumers every day. These
passionate, knowledgeable budtenders on the front line continue to
break stigma and grow the cannabis community by helping more and
more Canadians learn about the plant, its properties and how
cannabis can fit responsibly into their lives.
"We wouldn't be where we are today as an industry, and as a
company, without the cannabis advocates who fought to break
boundaries and challenge perceptions," said Terry Booth, CEO. "Aurora thanks the cannabis
leaders of the past, and we applaud the work of budtenders
everywhere who are educating Canadians on cannabis, and helping to
grow a strong and long-lasting future for the cannabis
movement."
How to Enter:
Aurora invites all professional budtenders who are currently
employed by an authorized cannabis retail store to see if they have
what it takes to become Canada's Top
Budmaster ™ by registering here,
(https://pro.auroracann.com/budmasters/) with Aurora's new
digital budtender community Aurora Pro, which will help budtenders
connect with each other across the country, learn about new
products and brands, continuously upgrade their knowledge and
skills, and advance their career in the cannabis industry.
Interested budtenders are encouraged to register on Aurora Pro
before June 1, 2019. Canada's Top Budmaster
Competition ™ will conclude on
October 17, 2019, the first
anniversary of legalization, where Aurora will present the Top
Budmaster award to one deserving finalist. Aurora will be providing
further details about how you can become Canada's Top
Budmaster ™ and participate in the Aurora Pro
community soon.
About Aurora
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada with funded capacity in excess of 625,000 kg per
annum and sales and operations in 24 countries across five
continents, Aurora is one of the world's largest and leading
cannabis companies. Aurora is vertically integrated and
horizontally diversified across every key segment of the value
chain, from facility engineering and design to cannabis breeding
and genetics research, cannabis and hemp production, derivatives,
high value-add product development, home cultivation, wholesale and
retail distribution.
Highly differentiated from its peers, Aurora has established a
uniquely advanced, consistent and efficient production strategy,
based on purpose-built facilities that integrate leading-edge
technologies across all processes, defined by extensive automation
and customization, resulting in the massive scale production of
high quality product at low cost. Intended to be replicable and
scalable globally, our production facilities are designed to
produce cannabis of significant scale, with high quality,
industry-leading yields, and low per gram production costs. Each of
Aurora's facilities is built to meet EU GMP standards, and its
first production facility, the recently acquired MedReleaf Markham
facility, and its wholly owned European medical cannabis
distributor Aurora Deutschland have achieved this level of
certification.
In addition to the Company's rapid organic growth and strong
execution on strategic M&A, which to date includes 15 wholly
owned subsidiary companies – MedReleaf, CanvasRX, Peloton
Pharmaceutical, Aurora Deutschland, H2 Biopharma, Urban Cultivator,
BC Northern Lights, Larssen Greenhouses, CanniMed Therapeutics,
Anandia Labs, HotHouse Consulting, MED Colombia, Agropro, Borela,
and ICC Labs – Aurora is distinguished by its reputation as a
partner and employer of choice in the global cannabis sector,
having invested in and established strategic partnerships with a
range of leading innovators, including: Radient Technologies Inc.
(TSXV: RTI), Hempco Food and Fiber Inc. (TSXV: HEMP), Cann Group
Ltd. (ASX: CAN), Micron Waste Technologies Inc. (CSE: MWM), Choom
Holdings Inc. (CSE: CHOO), Capcium Inc. (private), Evio Beauty
Group (private), Wagner Dimas (private), CTT Pharmaceuticals (OTCC:
CTTH), Alcanna Inc. (TSX: CLIQ) and High Tide Inc. (CSE:HITI).
Aurora's Common Shares trade on the TSX and NYSE under the
symbol "ACB", and are a constituent of the S&P/TSX Composite
Index. For more information about Aurora, please visit our investor
website, www.investor.auroramj.com
Terry Booth, CEO
Aurora Cannabis
Inc.
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SOURCE Aurora Cannabis Inc.