Canada NewsFederal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research$24M for health researchPhoto: The Canadian Press Cannabis products are displayed at Cosmic Charlies on Queen Street West in Toronto on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium. Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams from across Canada will work together to study how cannabis affects the brain in people of various ages. She says that data will be open for other Canadian researchers to use in their own studies about cannabis. The 10 research team leaders for the consortium are from Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, McGill University, Dalhousie University, McMaster University, University of Waterloo and the University of Calgary.