Kim Saltarski has spearheaded the production of over 400 hours of inspired, original animated and live action family, comedy, and documentary content.

His journey documenting the world of “patients helping patients with medical cannabis” began with his melanoma stage 3B cancer diagnosis in April of 2014. After treating himself with medical cannabis and plant-based medicine, he has been cancer free ever since. MEND with Dignity is his way of shining light on endocannabinoid medicine, destigmatizing its use, and deep diving into the science and the politics behind it.

MEND with Dignity is the fifth installment of Kim’s “human beacons” documentary series. The first was the riveting documentary “IF The Poet” (CBC and Amazon Prime US), about a 50-year-old man jumping into the competitive world of slam poetry. The festival darling, “Andre The Anti-Giant”(BravoCanada), was his second film showcasing the powerful story of a comedian’s dramatic return to the stage after a life-threatening spinal surgery. The third was the eco documentary, “Reimagining Humanity”, following Therapist/Social Ecologist Mark Skelding’s personal exploration of eco-psychology and how eco-anxiety could be one of the most important evolutionary drivers of our times. The fourth was his previous medical cannabis, award winning documentary, Jack’s Garage.

Kim just released his latest medical cannabis documentary featuring the compelling story of Corrie Yelland in his new “THC – The Healing Conversations”.

Visit www.amazingaintit.com for more Kimformation.

Greg’s lifelong fascination and passion for visual storytelling started with falling in love with his father’s Leica camera at the tender age of five. Moving to Toronto from Montreal, Greg used his experienced eye and his photographic skills to shoot numerous locations for movies, TV shows and commercials before becoming a successful TV and corporate video writer/producer.

With partners Kim Saltarski and Atul N. Rao aka “The Membrains” they created and Executive Produced “The Basement”, “Morning Scramble” and “The Weekend Chill” for The Fox Family Channel for Hiam Saban. Their department created over 35 hours of mind-warping host-driven interstitial programming, 300 shorts and a series pilot.  They were also the brains, voices and vision behind “The No Yell Motel” interstitials for Fox Kids.

Greg also wrote on the hit series “League of Super Evil”, an animation pilot for “The Three Stooges”, and wroteand co-produced the NFB feature film “A 20th Century Chocolate Cake”.

Visit www.gvrpix.com for a deeper dive into Greg’s recent photography work.

With a deep commitment to helping those in need, Rob Mahy Sr. has spent many years researching and testing the latest in medicinal cannabinoids. His love of others and commitment to caring for all those who come to visit is second to none. Inspired by Gary Pallister, he founded MEND with Dignity, a group of like-minded individuals who aim to help those facing the trials and tribulations of life with grace and support. From guidance, grief counseling or just a helping hand in a time of need MEND (Mother Earth’s Natural Design) has helped thousands of people in their community of Meaford Ontario and across Canada.

Karen Wookey has produced over 500 hours of television, both scripted and unscripted. She show ran the first 2 seasons of Intervention Canada, and created the series Vegas Rat Rods for Discovery Network as well as numerous one off docs including Saving Rabbit, a one hour doc exploring the Opioid Crisis for CBC.

At Fireworks International she oversaw multiple seasons of action adventure series including multiple seasons of Andromeda, Mutant X, and Relic Hunter.

For the past 8 years she has partnered with Martin Katz in Prospero Pictures. Along with multiple seasons of the International hit series Ice Road Truckers, Wookey and Katz have produced numerous movies together including Man on A Train starring Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr., Tammy’s Always Dying with Felicity Huffman which premiered at TIFF in 2019, as well as Akilla’s Escape starring Saul Williams which is opening to rave reviews at Tiff 2020.

Wookey is deeply passionate about plant based medicine and food and has travelled extensively working with indigenous healers in South America. She lives by the words of Rudolf Steiner who once said, “For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant to provide the cure”. If you ask her, she will tell you “hiding our most powerful medicine behind the policing of its recreational use will come to be known as one of the greatest deceptions of our generation”.

Gary Pallister calls himself an “actionist”.  Having discovered the medical properties of Cannabis, Gary was the one who introduced Rob Mahy Sr. to CBD dominant cannabis tincture that saved Rob’s life. That single act of kindness inspired their “Walk The Walk With Our Crockpot” teaching tours, kitchen by kitchen, in Ontario with side trips to the East Coast and British Columbia. Today Gary continues to teach teaching cannabis cooking workshops for patients to gain independent and teach the next person. What Gary lovingly calls the “ripple… ripple”.

Dr. Ira Price is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine through the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons trained in Emergency Medicine, with a Fellowship in Sports Medicine.

For the past decade Dr. Price has been a leader in the clinical application of natural pain solutions and Cannabinoid therapeutics. In 2011, Dr. Price opened the first clinic in Ontario, Canada dedicated solely to evaluating patients for the use of medical cannabis, called Synergy Health Services. Dr. Price then founded the Medical Cannabis Journal Club of Hamilton; the first accredited Medical Cannabis Journal Club.

His dedication and forward thinking is recognized on the international stage. Relying on evidence-based principles, Dr. Price developed an effective clinical pathway for the evaluation of medical cannabis patients. In 2014, he developed KARE – Kannabis Accreditation, Regulation and Education – a Seminar style personal certification for the medical and lifestyle communities.

Dr. Price is an internationally known lecturer who has educated countless numbers of physicians and patients on the use cannabinoids. His interests lie in the development of protocols for the clinical application of plant based therapeutics and decreasing the barriers that patients face in accessing them.

Dr. Price assumed many roles within the plant based industry; including medical Director and research advisor for multiple federally approved Licensed Producers and psychedelic companies. He assists in the development of SOP’s and regulatory standards that would become part these companies’ structure.

As of late, Dr. Price started Cannabis Research Associates, a private CRO dedicated to combating the opioid epidemic and advancing cannabinoid therapeutics.

Visit www.synergyhealthservices.ca for more information on Dr. Price.