‘The State of EdTech in Canada:
Driving Innovation Through
Evidence-based Research’
In Partnership with 
Gain valuable insights & best practices to future proofing learning through evidence based research
1Gain valuable insight on emerging global & national trends driving innovation in education through real world case studies
3Network with top education and industry thought leaders in person and virtually
2Senior Level Leadership K-12, Post secondary & EdTech Industry Partners, Policymakers, Teacher Leaders, Investors, Students, Parents & EdTech startups, who are passionate about refining the future of learning to help all students thrive
4Founder & Conference Chair
Robert Martellacci (MA EdTech) is president of MindShare Learning Technology, Canada’s leading EdTech strategy, news & events company he founded in 2001. Mr. Martellacci is also president & co-founder of C21 Canada—Canadians for 21st Century Learning & Innovation.
Mr. Martellacci is a lifelong learner who is committed to connecting business and education to transform learning in the 21st century to support student success. He completed a transformational learning journey as a mature student earning a master’s in educational technology from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California which inspired the creation of the MindShare Learning Report—Canada’s Learning & Technology eMagazine.
Mr. Martellacci has over 25 years of expertise and thought leadership in education as a former university administrator at York University; he also launched The Learning Company School Division for Kevin O’Leary which was the catalyst to forming his start-up MindShare Learning following the Mattel acquisition.
One of Martellacci’s signature slogans, “until next time, keep the learning curve steep.”
Thank you for your much-valued participation in helping make our 13th Canadian EdTech Leadership Summit–‘Driving Innovation Through Evidence-Based Research.’ an overall success!
As our first in-person event in three years, we couldn’t have chosen a better presenting partner in Dean Dilson Rassier and the McGill Faculty of Education team. Our next location will be tough to surpass! Perhaps a larger venue back at McGill next year?
As much as I love EdTech, this Summit was really about you and the diverse group of remarkable and passionate leaders, who presented and participated as delegates. As I subscribe to the notion that the ‘smartest person in the room, is the room!,” we want to continue the conversation and seek your further input and reflections in helping us crowdsource the Canadian EdTech Crisis Preparedness Playbook via the QR code image below in this special Summit report. We will be sharing the Summit Playbook with each of you which will include recordings of the keynotes and panel sessions and fabulous photo images that captured the highlights of the day. In the meantime, you can check out the Twitter hashtag #CDNEdTech22 which highlights thoughts and images from the Summit.
I can’t say enough about our valued platinum sponsor, AWS for their generosity in hosting the Wednesday reception and fabulous dinner at Bar George. Truly unparalleled.
I would remiss if we didn’t express our gratitude to our other generous sponsors and partners who helped make the Summit possible.
Congratulations to our Canadian EdTech Award Winners and Startup Challenge presenters and Winners Vireo!
As we want to improve on this year’s Summit, kindly complete the 5-question survey to help us make improvements to next year’s Summit and the next possible location.
Please don’t hesitate to drop me an email at robert@mindsharelearning.com or call me at, 416-569-2106, to debrief from the Summit or to learn more about our strategic consulting service offerings.
Special thanks to our conference organizing team and advisory board members for their excellent support in hosting our 13th Canadian EdTech Leadership Summit.
Our Summit philosophy embraces design thinking through a stakeholder community engagement lens that we believe yields powerful takeaways and transformational leadership opportunities to impact your respective organizations that will ultimately help all students thrive. We look forward to your thoughtful feedback and hope to see you next year!
Until next time, keep the digital learning curve steep!
Best,
Robert Martellacci – M.A. EdTech
Conference Chair
Founder and President, MindShare Learning Technology™
Co-Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Education, McGill University
Dr. Rassier holds a Canada Research Chair in Muscle Biophysics (Tier 1), and is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
Dr. Rassier's research interests focus upon muscle physiology and biophysics, with a special interest in the molecular aspects of muscle contraction in health and disease.
Dr. Rassier holds a Canada Research Chair in Muscle Biophysics (Tier 1), and is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
Dr. Rassier’s research interests focus upon muscle physiology and biophysics, with a special interest in the molecular aspects of muscle contraction in health and disease.
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Explore All Trends & Tools For Future Proofing Education From the World Class Speakers and EdTech Industry Experts!
Robert Martellacci, Founder & Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Dilson Rassier, Co-Chair, Dean of the Faculty of Education
Dr. Fabrice Labeau, Co-Acting Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), McGill University
McGill University Land Acknowledgement
Master of Ceremonies, Michael Chechile, Pedagogical Consultant & Former Director General of the Lester B. Pearson School Board
Topic: Global Perspective on the State of EdTech
Dr. Tracey Burns,Chief Research Officer, Senior Analyst, OECD (Seconded) , National Center on Education and the Economy
Topic: Leading change in a crisis context - Sustaining learning from education in emergencies, survival, well being and impacting over a hundred thousand of children in need.
Rahmatullah Arman, Founder & President, Teach For Afghanistan
Gain Valuable Insights From Canadian and Global Experts on The State of EdTech in Canada
Exploring strategies to prevent the 'Great Snapback' through an open forum roundtable conversation
This design thinking large group exercise will focus on reflecting on how leaders would tackle future crisis based on innovations that occurred during the pandemic.
Peter Skillen, Project & Curriculum Lead at CodeToLearn.ca
Michael Quinn, President, LCSI
Dr. Peter Balyta
Startups Pitching:
Judges Panel :
We are thrilled to announce our 7th Annual Canadian EdTech Awards Honouring Excellence in Innovation in Education.
Philip Cutler
Paper, CEO
Hosted by McGill University, Faculty of Ed
Newly Redesigned State of Art Learning Commons & Classroom Tours
The State of EdTech in Canada: 'Driving Innovation Through Evidence-based Research’
Moderator
Robert Martellacci – President, MindShare Learning Technology
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Announcing Amazon AWS EdStart Accelerator Program now Available to Canadians & the Official Launch of the Canadian EdTech Alliance
We are thrilled to share that this year we are giving a percentage of all registration proceeds to support the McGill University Faculty of Education scholarship funds
We are thrilled to share that this year we are giving a percentage of all registration proceeds to support the McGill University Faculty of Education scholarship funds
We understand that not everyone is able to travel to Montreal and since Covid has such a significant impact on the future of learning, we decided to host our Summit hybrid with the both in-person and online options
