MERLIN

Reading Week
2026-02-16 - 2026-02-20, 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14
Wishing our post-secondary students and staff a productive Reading Week.

Louis Riel Day
2026-02-16
MERLIN closure

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

MAETL Meeting
2026-02-12, 2026-01-22, 2025-11-20
Visit Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders (MAETL): Home for full details.

Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (Intune) - CANCELLED
2026-02-09 - 2026-02-13 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
*Updated January 9, 2026: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to low enrollment.
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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Tech Check - CANCELLED
2026-01-14 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Virtual
*Updated January 9, 2026: Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to low enrollment.
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.

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!

New Years Day
2026-01-01

Boxing Day
2025-12-26

Christmas Day
2025-12-25

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

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.

Google ELP: Admin Circle for Western Canadian School Divisions - Google Workspace for Education Plus
2025-12-10 12:00 - 16:00 | 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)

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.

MERLIN Technical Training Day
2025-12-02 08:30 - 16:00 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
This free event is designed specifically for Manitoba’s K–12, post-secondary, and independent school technical teams and will feature a series of short, hands-on workshops introducing key MERLIN tools and services, how to get the most out of them, and the people behind them. Topics include:

Basic Hosted Firewall management

Managing Microsoft Licensing

Sightline management (DDoS mitigation tool)

Network as a Service tools

SDWan Service Tools

Infrastructure as a Service tools

Web Content Filtering Management

CIRA DNS Firewall management

DNS Anycast management

Weathermapobservium

Client Portal Access & Navigation

Redundant connections to MERLIN

To secure your spot, please complete our RSVP Form by Friday, November 21, 2025 by clicking HERE

Happy 30th Anniversary MRNet
2025-11-26
Learn more about the Manitoba Research Network by visiting their website.

Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (Intune)
2025-11-24 - 2025-11-28 | 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.

Introduction to Power BI Desktop
2025-11-24 - 2025-11-26 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
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.

Remembrance Day
2025-11-11

Empowering the Modern Classroom: Class tools for Chromebooks
2025-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Explore a new set of real-time controls that give teachers a certain level of remote Chromebook management — right in the classroom. By enabling Class tools, teachers can share and pin content to students’ screens and lock that content, they can “visit” a student’s device, as well as have the ability to boost accessibility with live captions and translations, and more. This powerful new suite of features is available as part of managed Chromebooks, in combination with Google Workspace for Education Plus licenses or the Teaching and Learning add-on.
Presenter: Tom Woods, Solutions Engineer
Register HERE.

Pricing and Licensing Updates for Education Standard and Education Plus
2025-11-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
This session will cover key updates to Google for Education licensing (Education Plus and Education Standard), to help school teams understand and prepare for changes to come for the next renewal or future new purchases. Learn about the transition to a single license for all users, eliminating the distinction between staff and student licenses, and what this means for managing your Google environment.
Presenter: Evan Israel, Workspace for Education Specialist
Register HERE.

Microsoft 365 for Automation & Efficiency
2025-11-03 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Designed for users who have familiarity with Microsoft and are interested in learning about how these features can be maximized to streamline workplace practices and increase efficiency.

Collaboration and sharing tips across O365 programs

Teams environments

Power Automate

Copilot AI integration

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

MTS PD Day
2025-10-24
Provincial PD day for MTS-union educators
Check out the Manitoba Association for Computing Educators, ManACE, for ed tech sessions. Registration for their sessions takes place via Eventbrite.
