Dear MindShare Community Innovator, 

We’re thrilled to mark a milestone this week with Edition No. 350 of the Canadian EdTech Report—a testament to the vibrant, innovative, and ever-evolving education technology landscape we are privileged to explore with you.

This week’s edition is packed with inspiring highlights:

1. Very Special "Reversing the Tables" Student Podcast — I had the pleasure of joining Grade 4 students from TDSB as a guest on their podcast, sharing my entrepreneurial journey and lessons learned. And the two savvy students taught me a thing or two about podcasting! I was impressed!
2. OECD’s New Global Report on teenage career preparation—timely insights for all education leaders.
3. AI Literacy Framework & AI Tool of the Week—practical resources as we shape ethical and pedagogical uses of AI in education.

4. Final Call: Schools of the Future Student Innovation Challenge — Extended until May 30! Let's finish strong—submit your entries today!
5. Exciting Partnership Announcement with EdTech Digest’s Future Focus Forums, leading into ISTE 2025.
6. C21 Spotlight — Building an ethical AI framework for education across Canada.

7. Save the Date: 16th Canadian EdTech Summit, Oct 29-30, 2025, University of Toronto Mississauga—new sponsors and speakers welcome!

And be sure to check out our K-12 and Post-Secondary Top News, EdTech Company Spotlight, AI Tool of the Week, career opportunities, and professional learning events—all curated to help you stay ahead of the digital learning curve.

As always, we invite you to share your innovations, success stories, and insights for future editions.

Until next time, keep the digital learning curve steep!

In this pilot program which Ben hopes to see adopted more widely, students shoot a series of 50 shots on goal from different locations. Data Dekers has been developed with the sole purpose of creating a program that can expand to be a national or international experience for students in middle school. It combines the thrill of mini-sticks hockey, data sciences, AI prompt engineering, and data presentation. 

Alberta’s government is ensuring parents, teachers and school boards are aware of the many high school courses available to students across the province. To make it easier for teachers, parents and students across the province to explore the thousands of high school courses available to students, Alberta’s government has developed an online course catalogue.

In May, 33 Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) students from five schools represented the board at the 2025 Skills Ontario Competition. SCDSB competitors won medals in four categories: two gold, one silver, and one bronze.

6. SkillsAware and Learning Agents announce strategic partnership to revolutionise skills recognition in Canada

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, May 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SkillsAware, a human-centered, AI-powered skills recognition engine, and Learning Agents, a leading Canadian educational technology company, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming the skills landscape in Canada. The collaboration will leverage SkillsAware’s innovative AI technology and Learning Agents’ deep expertise in the Canadian education and employment sectors to empower individuals and organisations across the country.

Tech companies with University of Waterloo connections continue to climb the annual Narwhal list of Canadian unicorns. The list assembled annually by the Narwhal Project, a group that monitors and analyzes the technology sector, offers companies supports to become more efficient and adopt best practices. Each year they evaluate close to 1,000 Canadian technology companies. The total number of unicorns in Canada has grown from only three in 2020 to 26 this year.

The new PBS Systems Innovation Lab at Georgian College’s Barrie Campus is fueling automotive education and bringing real-world tools directly to the classroom. Students in the Automotive Business School of Canada (ABSC) will benefit from next-generation learning through hands-on experience with advanced digital technologies that mirror those used in today’s automotive industry. The lab officially opened on May 22.

9. How this education technology company is reshaping after-school learning

Robert Martellacci, president of MindShare Learning, an education technology consultancy in Mississauga, says it’s no surprise that Brain Power has seen its intake grow

OTTAWA, ON (May 27, 2025) – Today, Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, the largest polytechnic institute in Eastern Ontario, announced the establishment of the AI Accelerator Hub (AAH) to provide companies and community organizations with targeted service offerings to accelerate adoption of Cloud and AI technologies. The AI Accelerator Hub at Algonquin College brings together existing Applied Research programs at the institution, but layers in industry-leading cloud computing resources and training to impact productivity for local organizations. The Hub, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), will augment collaborative research projects for industry and community clients across a range of disciplines.