Nominated by
tracy lamourie
November 22, 2020
Kim is the founder of NOCER, and has a long history in the Cannabis movement. Her first experience advocating for Cannabis was in 1978 on Yonge St. in Toronto, getting signatures for a petition for a marijuana initiative., after a doctor recommended cannabis for a seizure condition. Kim is a mother of 3 kids and a grandmother of 2. At a young age Kim was diagnosed with epilepsy and was put on several medications. Several years later, as a young teenager, she tried cannabis recreationally and noticed her seizures were reduced. She made the decision to stop taking her prescribed medication and committed to consuming cannabis daily instead. Kim became a cannabis patient advocate when she had a car accident and injured her back among other things in 2002. Released from hospital on 16 pills per day, life was never the same. After many years of that, Kim now uses Cannabis almost exclusively, no longer ingesting the harmful Pharmaceuticals she once took. Kim was diagnosed later in life with breast cancer, and she uses cannabis oil capsules as her treatment. Even though she is now located in a small town in Northern Ontario, she has been and remains very vocal in her community. She loves to share the daily cannabis news and presently operates several Social Media sites as well as her Web Page. Kim is also a reporter for The PACE Radio Network, hosting several shows including global news & personal interviews, before she advanced into the producer's chair.