New pot policy in the works for University of Guelph

The University of Guelph is working on a smoke-free policy for campus.

It will include consultations with students, staff and faculty, and part of that conversation will include talking about cannabis, which becomes legal on October 17.

"We're going through a public process here with stakeholders," O'Leary told CBC K-W. He also said they would "step up" the public consultations in fall when students are back at school. 

"We've got many smokers here and we have to be respectful of those folks. We're looking at consultation and conversation with those folks to see how we move forward with this non-smoking on campus policies." 

No cannabis sales allowed

In addition, O'Leary said the university will not permit the sale of any cannabis on campus. 

The university will also be following the Cannabis Act legislation in October, which prohibits those aged 18 and younger from using marijuana, he said.

"We still haven't put our heads around how we'd deal with that aspect," he said. 

While the University of Guelph is trying to create a new policy, the University of Waterloo said it will be enforcing the school's existing smoking and alcohol policy for cannabis. 

"We have a working group that is examining our policies to see if any part of them have to be updated to accommodate marijuana," said university spokesman Matthew Grant. 

He said he "expects edibles will be legal in residences," but only when "the law explicitly allows them." 

"We currently don't accept liquor deliveries to residences," Grant said. "No decision has been made on marijuana. That is something the committee is discussing." 

Wilfrid Laurier University also said it will be enforcing its existing non-smoking policy for student residences, which also prohibits smoking marijuana.