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, 2027-02-15 - 2027-02-19
Wishing our post-secondary students and staff a productive Reading Week.

Remembrance Day
2026-11-11
MERLIN Closure

MAETL Meeting
2026-11-19, 2027-01-21, 2027-03-18, 2027-04-15 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Visit Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders (MAETL) Website for full details.

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.

Partner Program Meeting
2027-01-28 | 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
2027-02-01
Welcome to semester 2 for our K-12 students and staff!

Prairie Rose School Division - Topic: AI
2027-02-05
MERLIN will be working with Prairie Rose School Division on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI).
Learn more about custom training sessions by visiting our Training webpage.

Power BI Intermediate
2027-02-08 - 2027-02-09 | 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.

MAETL Meeting
2027-02-11 | Brandon, Manitoba

Louis Riel Day
2027-02-15

Good Friday
2027-03-26

Easter Monday
2027-03-29

Spring Break: K-12
2027-03-29 - 2027-04-02
Wishing our K-12 students and staff an enjoyable spring break.

Spring Semester
2027-04-05 - 2027-04-09
Welcome to the spring semester for our post-secondary students and staff!

Microsoft Elevate Manitoba Training Summit
2027-04-14 | SmartPark, Winnipeg
Join the Microsoft Elevate Canada K-12 Education team for this hands-on learning session.
Full agenda to be released February/March 2027.

MAETL AGM
2027-05-05 | Gimli, Manitoba

Summer Semester
2027-05-17 - 2027-05-21
Welcome to the summer semester schedule for our post-secondary students and staff!
