Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
2026-08-17 - 2026-08-20 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Learn how to investigate, respond to, and hunt for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. In this course you will learn how to mitigate cyberthreats using these technologies. Specifically, you will configure and use Microsoft Sentinel as well as utilize Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform detection, analysis, and reporting. The course was designed for people who work in a Security Operations job role and helps learners prepare for the exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst.
Contact us for more information.
Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Back-to-School
2026-09-02 - 2026-09-04
Welcome back to our K-12 students and staff!
Welcome to the fall/winter semester for our post-secondary students and staff!

Labour Day
2026-09-07
MERLIN Closure

Mystery Lake School District - Topic: AI
2026-09-09 | Thompson
MERLIN will be working with Mystery Lake School District on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI).
Learn more about custom training sessions by visiting our Training webpage.

Tech Check
2026-09-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Winnipeg) | 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 for the school year.

Addressing issues with “education” labelled software

7-step checklist for software selection

Contact us for more information.
Registration closes Tuesday, September 1 at 12 noon.

MAETL Meeting
2026-09-17, 2026-11-19 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Visit Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders (MAETL) Website for full details.

Intro to AI
2026-09-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Designed for users that are new to using AI in a professional capacity and/or consider themselves “beginners”.

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 Thursday, September 3 at 12 noon.

Microsoft Accessibility and Learning Tools
2026-09-18 | 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.

Basic navigation and features through an accessibility lens

Microsoft Learning Tools / Learning Accelerators

Immersive Reader

Dictate

Language Translation

Math Solver

Live Captions across tools

General accessibility options

Microsoft Coaches / Progress

Reading

Speaker

Search

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

Curiosity in Action: Building Deeper Understanding Through Simulation and Inquiry-Based Learning
2026-09-22 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
*A Gizmo event from Explore Learning
Audience: 9–12
Today’s science classrooms must do more than deliver content. They must develop curious, analytical, and evidence-driven scientific thinkers. This interactive session explores how simulation-based inquiry examples (Grades 9–12) allow students to actively investigate scientific phenomena, test ideas, analyze data, and build deeper conceptual understanding through exploration and discovery.

Participants will experience engaging, curriculum-connected science investigations designed to support implementation of the new Manitoba science curriculum while fostering student curiosity, creativity, and critical scientific thinking. Through interactive simulations and visual models, educators will explore strategies for making complex and abstract scientific concepts more accessible across biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science classrooms.
The session will also highlight practical approaches for supporting classroom discussion, differentiation, assessment, and student engagement through inquiry-driven learning experiences. Educators will leave with ready-to-use ideas and strategies that help students think, question, and investigate like scientists.

For registration details and additional information, please contact MERLIN.

Curiosity in Action: Building Deeper Understanding Through Simulation and Inquiry-Based Learning
2026-09-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
*A Gizmo event from Explore Learning
Audience: 5-8
Today’s middle years science classrooms must spark curiosity, encourage exploration, and help students make sense of the world around them. This interactive session explores how simulation-based inquiry examples (Grades 5–8) allow students to investigate scientific phenomena, making meaningful questions, analyzing evidence, and developing deeper conceptual understanding through hands-on exploration and discovery.

Participants will experience engaging, curriculum-connected virtual science simulations designed to support implementation of the new Manitoba science curriculum while fostering student curiosity, creativity, and scientific thinking. Through interactive simulations and visual models, educators will explore strategies for making abstract and difficult concepts more accessible and engaging across life, physical, earth, and space science topics.
The session will also highlight practical approaches for supporting classroom discussion, differentiation, assessment, and student engagement through inquiry-driven learning experiences. Educators will leave with new ideas and strategies that help students think critically, explore confidently, and build understanding like young scientists.

For registration details and additional information, please contact MERLIN.

AI for Education
2026-09-28 09:00 - 15:30 | Brandon, Manitoba
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.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
2026-09-30

Partner Program Meeting
2026-10-02 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Join us in kicking off the 2026-2027 school year 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.

Cybersecurity for Educators
2026-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Designed for non-technical end-users (teachers, support staff, division-office, school/divisional admin, etc)

General information and reminders on best practice surrounding:

Password creation

When and where to use your work email versus personal

At-home and personal-device access to work systems

Work accounts on shared devices

Work accounts on public wifi

Best practices for classroom teachers and EAs with students and families

Contact us for more information.
Registration closes Wednesday, September 23rd at 12 noon.

Thanksgiving Day
2026-10-12

MAETL Meeting
2026-10-15 | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

MTS PD Day
2026-10-23
Provincial PD day for MTS-union educators
Check out the Manitoba Association for Computing Educators, ManACE, for ed tech sessions.

Windows Server Hybrid
2026-11-03 - 2026-11-06 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
This four-day course is intended for Windows Server Hybrid Administrators who have experience working with Windows Server and want to extend the capabilities of their on-premises environments by combining on-premises and hybrid technologies. Windows Server Hybrid Administrators implement and manage on-premises and hybrid solutions such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage in a Windows Server hybrid environment.
Contact us for more information.
Registration closes one month prior to training date.

Reading Week
2026-11-09 - 2026-11-13
Wishing our post-secondary students and staff a productive Reading Week.

Remembrance Day
2026-11-11

Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (Intune)
2026-11-23 - 2026-11-27 | 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.

MERLIN Technical Training Day [Winnipeg/Central]
2026-12-01 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
This event is designed specifically for Manitoba’s K–12, post-secondary, and independent school technical teams and will feature a series of hands-on workshops that provide a robust training opportunity on key MERLIN tools and services, how to get the most out of them, and the people behind them.
Full agenda to be released Fall 2026.

Winter Break
2026-12-22 - 2027-01-03
Wishing all our K-12 and post-secondary students and staff an enjoyable winter break.

Christmas Day
2026-12-25

Boxing Day (Observed)
2026-12-28

New Years Day
2027-01-01

Happy New Year
2027-01-04 - 2027-01-05
Welcome back to our K-12 students and staff!
Welcome to the winter semester for our post-secondary students and staff!

Introduction to Power BI Desktop
2027-01-11 - 2027-01-13 | 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.
