The mantra in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is to start clean and to be pro-active, says Sebastian Jacob, Faculty at Niagara College’s School of Environmental and Horticultural Studies and Research Lead at Niagara College’s Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre. This includes good sanitation practices and starting crops from cuttings that are free of pests. As he explains to students, over the past 10 years, Canadian researchers at … Continue reading HESIC experts help companies navigate the cannabis industry with research trials »

Alberto Hardt, Research Associate, Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC), lives his life by this mantra – just go for it. A unique experience in his life led him to ask himself, “Why wait to do the things you want?” Originally from Brazil, Alberto always had a desire to live abroad. “It was a perfect storm of things that made our decision to move … Continue reading A leap of faith pays off with education and a career in horticulture for Alberto Hardt »

Greenhouse & Horticulture Research Assistant Reporting to the Manager, Research Program, the Research Assistant will work with Research and Faculty leads, as well as the Research Laboratory Technologist, to assist with overseeing and establishing research experiments, to maintain plant growth, apply fertilizers/irrigation, etc., and to assess and measure plants both pre- and post-harvest. The successful candidate will collect data from the growing trials and will … Continue reading Work with Us: Greenhouse & Horticulture Research Assistant position available with our HESIC TEAM »

Cannabis Research Assistant Reporting to the Research Program Manager, the Research Assistant will work with Research and Faculty leads, as well as the Research Laboratory Technologist, to assist with overseeing and establishing research experiments, to maintain plant growth, apply fertilizers/irrigation, etc., and to assess and measure plants both  pre- and post-harvest. The successful candidate will collect data from the growing trials and will help to … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Cannabis Research Assistant with our HESIC team »