Young Alumni Workplace Tours: Canopy Growth

• In-person event

• Contact
• Christian Robillard, cu_proud@carleton.ca

We always talk about how a Carleton degree can take you anywhere. Well, we’re here to show you where it has taken some of our grads. Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Canada’s, and the world’s, fastest growing Cannabis companies: Canopy Growth.

On April 24th, join us at Canopy Growth HQ (1 Hershey Drive Smiths Falls, Ontario, K7A 0A8) for a tour, a talk with some alumni working there about their experiences, and a chance to chat with HR about what it takes to work there.

The following alumni will be present to speak to their experiences:

• Peter Popplewell, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer (BENG/02, MASC/04, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering/10)
• Chrissy McHardy, Senior Director of Human Resources
• Michael Bhardwaj, Director of Communications – Canada (MJ/04)

Registration is free and can be done in the form below. Spots are limited, so be sure to reserve your spot ASAP. Light refreshments will be served. There will also be a bus departing from Carleton for those who would like to take advantage of it.

If you have any questions please email Christian Robillard at CU_Proud@carleton.ca with the subject line “young alumni tours”, or call 613-520-2600 x 3636.

We can’t wait to CU there!

Agenda:

2:00 p.m.: Bus departs for Smith Falls from Carleton University.

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: Opening remarks, ground rules, and icebreakers.

3:45 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.: Tour of workplace and Q and A session with Carleton Alumni.

4:35 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.: Closing remarks.

4:40 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.: Networking

5:30 p.m.: Bus Departs for Carleton.

About Peter Popplewell, Ph.D.

Peter is Canopy’s Chief Technology Officer and leads the R&D team focused on developing novel cannabis delivery systems concentrating on consumer safety and transparency while delivering the purest and cleanest forms of cannabis without needing to burn anything. Previous to Canopy Peter worked in design engineering and management at Nortel, Kleer Semiconductor, and Skyworks Solutions.

With two decades of experience in the high-tech sector, Peter was involved with the design and engineering of numerous high-volume consumer electronic devices and components for wireless audio devices, IoT, networking equipment and cellular handsets.

Peter holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, has over ten issued US patents with as many filed and pending, and has over a dozen publications in peer-reviewed IEEE journals and conference proceedings. For his doctoral work on medical sensor development for radiation monitoring, he was awarded OCRI’s student researcher of the year, won the IEEE Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, and Carleton’s University Medal.