Session Title: Manitoba Education and Training for Hairstylists Session

Description: Gather all hairstyling teachers, for a round table discussion. Bring your challenges, concerns, form requests to the Apprenticeship Branch, so that continued conversation for the betterment of all students may be discussed.

Presenter’s Name: Tiffany Stepaniuk, Jeannette Desmarais, Cheryl Lavallee

Session location: Hairstyling Room
Session Title: Mental Health Awareness for the Educator Session

Description: How to rally from stressful teaching… Ideas and techniques on how to stay focused on your own mental health, while able to support your students, families, and your own family needs.

Presenter’s Name: Dan Hall 

Session Location: TBA
Session Title: SAFE Work Manitoba Session

Description: The work highlights actions that should be considered in vocational programs, to ensure safety and health of participants. Information will include (but not limit to) A – hazard identification and types of hazards B – how to conduct risk assessments C – duties of a supervisor D – an employer’s internal responsibility system etc…

Presenter’s Name: Itoro Affia 
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Session Location: TBA
Session Title: Log Furniture Building

Session Description: Hands-on workshop with each participant building a half log bench. All materials provided. Tools used will be scrapers, hand planes, hand saws, and half inch drills for boring and tenoning

Presenter’s Name: Eldon Unruh

Maximum Participants: 15 * (THERE IS A $10 CHARGE FOR THIS SESSION, TO BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE INSTRUCTOR )

Session location: TBA 
Session Title: Introduction to Creating Motion Graphics in Photoshop

Session Description: Participants will utilize several fundamental animation techniques to create a simple, but effective motion graphic. This session is best suited for those with an intermediate knowledge of Photoshop. Please bring your own headphones / earbuds if possible, and a USB key if you would like a copy of your finished files.

Presenter’s Name: Michele Buchanan

Session location: TBA
Session Title: Building Electric Guitars

​Session Description: Local luthier, Jeremy Hamm will present on the courses he offers at Hammtone Guitar Building School; in particular, the 1-week, electric guitar build and maintenance course. Tim and Ken will reflect on this course as a PD opportunity for IA teachers. A discussion will also be had on the creation of a guitar-building club at West Kildonan Collegiate with an exhibition of student guitar build examples.

Presenter’s Name: Tim Gysel, Ken Hartikainen, Jeremy Hamm

Session location: TBA
Session Title: CNC Circuits 

Session Description: We will be taking foil patterns and learning how to draw them in Cut 2D, learning how to set the specific parameters, and cut depths for circuits. We will also be discussing the tools and issues that can arise during this process.

Presenter’s Name: Michael Bouchard

Session location: TBA
Session Title: Airbrushing and Stencil Making

Session Description: If you own a plotter and you’re not getting all that you can out of your investment, or wish to learn how to integrate a plotter into your workflow, this course is for you! The plotter has quickly become an integral tool with all forms of airbrushing for achieving a product with a high quality, finished look. Geared for beginning and advanced plotter users, you will learn how to convert your ideas from paper to digital form, with the latest design programs, and how to increase your productivity and quality, using the hottest plotter techniques. Will now include stencil choices, making your own stencils, and integrating stencils into your workflow.

Presenter’s Name: Jeff Herkimer and Sean Hart

Session location: TBA
Session Title: Lost Styrofoam Casting

Session Description: This Session will start with how to build a mini foundry out of affordable materials available at any hardware store. The mini foundry will allow us to melt aluminum using BBQ charcoal as fuel. We will then explore lost-foam casting by creating basic patterns out of foam and burying them in sand to create various objects and patterns.   

Presenter’s Name: Jerrod Kusyk

Session location: TBA
Session Title: Creating a Paddle Board

Session Description:

Presenter’s Name: David Woitowicz

Session location: TBA
Session Title: The 7-year Itch: How to break out of a slump as a Technical Vocational Teacher Session

Description: ‘When you are in a slump, you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done’ Dr Seuss – Based on Chris Winfield’s teachings, technical vocational instructors will explore 13 ways to become more motivated and break out of their teaching slump.

Presenter: Luis Reis, RRC Instructor

Session Location: TBA
Session Title: Sysco Food Services of Winnipeg Session

Description: The Secret World of Food Service

Presenter: Kevin Penner / Jeannette Duncanson

Session Location: TBA
Session Title: Grade 5/6 collaborative Industrial Arts

Session Description: This session will focus on the 5/6 Industrial programming coming out of LRSD. This includes homeroom teachers working with the Industrial Arts teacher to create projects, relevant to the curriculum that’s being taught in students’ core courses.

Presenter: Richard Pharand and Jean-Luc Suszko

Session Location: TBA
The Technology Educators Association of Manitoba (T.E.A.M) is a volunteer organization of Industrial Arts teachers whose main goal is to promote Technology and Industrial Arts Education in Manitoba. TEAM offers professional development opportunities including our annual MTS PD Day sessions and funding for our members .