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SUMMARY:Winter Break
DESCRIPTION:Wishing all our K-12 and post-secondary students and staff an enjoyable winter break.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/winter-break/
CATEGORIES:Education Calendar
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102
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SUMMARY:New Years Day
DESCRIPTION:MERLIN closure
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/new-years-day/
CATEGORIES:Statutory Holidays
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260107
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T201452Z
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SUMMARY:Happy New Year
DESCRIPTION:Welcome back to our K-12 students and staff! \nWelcome to the winter semester for our post-secondary students and staff!
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/happy-new-year/
CATEGORIES:Education Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg:20260114T160000
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SUMMARY:Tech Check - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:*Updated January 9\, 2026:  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to low enrollment. \nDesigned 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.  \n\nAddressing issues with “education” labelled software \n\n\n7-step checklist for software selection \n\nContact us for more information.  Registration closes Monday\, January 12 at 12 noon.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/tech-check/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260116
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SUMMARY:AI in Education Summit
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOrganized by Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/ai-in-education-summit/
LOCATION:Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Partner Event,MERLIN Sponsored Events
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UID:663-1769040000-1769126399@www.merlin.mb.ca
SUMMARY:MAETL Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Visit Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders (MAETL): Home for full details.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/maetl-meeting-4/
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Partner Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260129
DTSTAMP:20260411T232757
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T164535Z
UID:760-1769385600-1769644799@www.merlin.mb.ca
SUMMARY:Introduction to Power BI Desktop - CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:*Updated December 22\, 2025:  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to low enrollment. \nThis 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 \nContact us for more information. \nRegistration closes one month prior to training date.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/introduction-to-power-bi-desktop-3/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:MERLIN Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260130
DTSTAMP:20260411T232757
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SUMMARY:Partner Program Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we bring our partners together to share updates\, network\, and learn. \nFull details will be sent out via email. \nLearn more about our Partner Program by clicking HERE.
URL:https://www.merlin.mb.ca/event/partner-program-meeting-2/
LOCATION:SmartPark\, Winnipeg
CATEGORIES:Partner Program
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