MERLIN

AI for Education
2025-12-05 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Designed for users that are new to using AI in a professional capacity and/or consider themselves “beginners”. This in-depth session will explore topics such as:

What is AI and how does it actually work?

Potential for AI in the classroom

Ethical considerations

Trends influencing education

General and MB focus

Reimagine education with AI

Contact us for more information. Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Google ELP: Admin Circle for Western Canadian School Divisions - Google Workspace for Education Plus
2025-12-10 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Winnipeg) | SmartPark, Winnipeg
You’re invited to an exclusive Google Circle event designed to connect K-12 technology administrators and School or District Leaders from across Manitoba and Western Canada.
Join us and our partners on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, at the Smart Park Innovation Hub in Winnipeg for an afternoon dedicated to collaboration, innovation, and maximizing your division’s investment in technology. We’ll begin with a catered lunch, providing the perfect opportunity to network with peers and the hosts / presenters.
This session is designed to provide strategic insights as you plan for the future. The Google for Education Ed Leadership Program (ELP) equips K-12 and higher education leaders around the world with the tools and resources needed to tackle educational challenges. It fosters innovation, transformative leadership, and a strong network of support via the global ELP Hub on the Google for Education Community Platform and through local in-person and / or virtual ELP Circle meetings.
We will officially showcase the new Google for Education Community HUB , a community platform built to support you. We will also dive deep into our premium tools, demonstrating how to unlock the full potential of Google Workspace for Education Plus and manage your device fleet seamlessly with Chromebook Plus and Education Upgrade licenses.
Agenda Highlights:

12:00 PM: Catered Lunch & Networking
1:00 PM: Welcome & Introduction to the Education Leader Program HUB
1:30 PM: Unlocking Potential: A Deep Dive into Google Workspace for Education Plus
2:30 PM: Simplifying Device Management: Chromebook Plus & Education Upgrade
2:45 PM: Q&A and Networking
3:00 PM: Session Ends

Virtual Access: Google Meet (Please join at 1:00 PM)

Virtual SOC Onboarding Review - Arctic Wolf & Bell Cyber
2025-12-17 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
This session is being offered to all MAETL Members and their technical teams – please feel free to invite guests.
– This session will not be recorded.
45 min: Gord Tulloch – Sunrsie SD – Bell Cyber
45 min: Justin Critch – Lord Selkirk SD – Arctic Wolf
Register by clicking HERE.

Winter Break
2025-12-23 - 2026-01-03
Wishing all our K-12 and post-secondary students and staff an enjoyable winter break.

Christmas Day
2025-12-25
MERLIN closure

Boxing Day
2025-12-26

New Years Day
2026-01-01

Happy New Year
2026-01-05 - 2026-01-06
Welcome back to our K-12 students and staff!
Welcome to the winter semester for our post-secondary students and staff!

Tech Check
2026-01-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Designed for educators who consider themselves as beginner-intermediate technology users. Scheduled to assist educators who are planning to fine-tune their tech integration plans in the second-half of the school year.

Addressing issues with “education” labelled software

7-step checklist for software selection

Contact us for more information. Registration closes Monday, January 12 at 12 noon.

AI in Education Summit
2026-01-16 | Winnipeg
An opportunity to engage in thoughtful and collaborative dialogue about how to critically harness the potential of AI in education and ensure that students are well-prepared to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Organized by Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning.

MAETL Meeting
2026-01-22, 2026-02-12, 2026-03-19, 2026-04-16
Visit Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders (MAETL): Home for full details.

Introduction to Power BI Desktop - CANCELLED
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-28 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
*Updated December 22, 2025: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to low enrollment.
This course is designed as an introduction to the Microsoft Power BI Desktop app. Throughout the course, participants will work in Power BI Desktop to connect to data, create visualizations (charts) based on that data, and then publish the reports they build. They will use the Power BI Query Editor to perform data modelling techniques to prepare data for visualizations. They’ll also experience publishing Power BI reports both locally and to the online Power BI Service, including creating dashboards and mobile phone views. By the end of the course, participants will have a solid foundation of the essential skills in Power BI needed to create Power BI reports, including connecting to data, modelling data, creating visualizations, and publishing
Contact us for more information.
Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Partner Program Meeting
2026-01-29 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Join us as we bring our partners together to share updates, network, and learn.
Full details will be sent out via email.
Learn more about our Partner Program by clicking HERE.

Semester 2 Begins
2026-02-02 - 2026-02-03
Welcome to semester 2 for our K-12 students and staff!

Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (Intune)
2026-02-09 - 2026-02-13 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Students will learn to plan and execute an endpoint deployment strategy using contemporary deployment techniques and implementing update strategies. The course
introduces essential elements of modern management, co-management approaches, and Microsoft Intune integration. It covers app deployment, management of browser-based applications, and key security concepts such as authentication, identities, access, and compliance policies.
Contact us for more information.
Registration closes one month prior to training date.

BYTE
2026-02-13 | Brandon, Manitoba
Education Technology Conference

Louis Riel Day
2026-02-16

Reading Week
2026-02-16 - 2026-02-20
Wishing our post-secondary students and staff a productive Reading Week.

Power BI Intermediate
2026-03-05 - 2026-03-06 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
In this course, participants will work in Power BI Desktop to connect to data sets, create visualizations, and publish reports. They will deepen and expand the knowledge they gained in the Intro to Power BI Desktop course in data transformation and modelling, utilizing DAX functions, and data models. Course participants should have taken the Intro to Power BI Desktop course or equivalent. They need to be comfortable with essential Power BI Desktop skills such as connecting to datasets, creating and formatting visualizations, creating custom columns, creating measures, using basic DAX functions, and performing basic data modelling with the Query Editor
Contact us for more information.
Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Microsoft Accessibility and Learning Tools
2026-03-20 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Designed for users who have familiarity with Microsoft and are interested in learning about how these features can increase accessibility for themselves, the colleagues they supervise, or their students.
The specific agenda can be modified to fit an audience of general users or those working with students.

Basic navigation and features through an accessibility lens

Microsoft Learning Tools

Immersive Reader

Dictate

Language Translation

Office Lens

Math Solver

Live Captions across tools

General accessibility options

Microsoft Coaches

Reading

Speaker

Search

Contact us for more information. Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Spring Break: K-12
2026-03-30 - 2026-04-02
Wishing our K-12 students and staff an enjoyable spring break.

Spring Semester
2026-04-06 - 2026-04-10
Welcome to the spring semester for our post-secondary students and staff!

Tech Integration Models
2026-04-17 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Designed for teachers, classroom support staff, and education leadership teams.
Informational overview so that educators are prepared to effectively compare options as they map out the integration of digital tools within their practice. Depending on the audience, the sessions provide working time for participants to use a select tool(s) from their practice within the model OR the session can be designed around the integration of a specific tool.

LoTi

TPCK/TPACK

TIM

SAMR

Triple E

Each integration model will be:

Introduced

Tied to educational influences

Situated within the MB Framework for Learning

Critiqued for informed practice

Modeled in real-time through hands-on examples with the audience

Contact us for more information. Registration closes one month prior to training date.

The Ethics and Accessibility Considerations of AI
2026-04-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Designed for users who have familiarity with AI and are interested in learning about how it can be used through an informed lens that can increase accessibility for themselves, the colleagues they supervise, or their students.
Ethical considerations of AI use

Environmental

Copyright/data protection

Reliability

Access

Accessibility options and supports through AI use

Generalized considerations

Accessibility-specific AI tools

Assessing AI options through a critical lens

Contact us for more information. Registration closes Monday, April 27 at 12 noon.

MAETL AGM
2026-05-06

Riding The Wave
2026-05-07 - 2026-05-08 | Gimli, Manitoba

Summer Semester
2026-05-18 - 2026-05-22
Welcome to the summer semester schedule for our post-secondary students and staff!
