Empowering Front‑Line Workers with Life Saving Training

Training Edge Academy

Ozaiizeh Makwa Mushkiki Mikinah

Brown Bear Medicine Road

"Training Edge Academy offers certified training in First Aid, The Mandt System, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) across Manitoba, delivered directly to your location."

About Training Edge Academy

Training Edge Academy exists to bring training to a higher level — one that is practical, culturally aware, and tailored to the unique needs of organizations across Manitoba. Our mission is simple: to meet you where you are and provide high-quality certification that strengthens safety, confidence, and wellness in your workplace.

Basic and Intermediate First Aid, licensed through St. John Ambulance, and proudly hold recognition on the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health list of approved training providers. This ensures that our First Aid certifications meet provincial standards for workplaces, host family home programs, and residential care applicants as outlined in provincial policy.

Mental Health and Wellness “In the Workplace” (Delivered in partnership with The Tema Foundation and St. John Ambulance)

The Mental Health and Wellness “In the Workplace” program is designed to strengthen psychological safety, emotional resilience, and supportive communication across all levels of an organization. Grounded in evidence-informed practices and delivered through a culturally respectful, trauma-aware approach, this course helps workplaces recognize, respond to, and reduce the impacts of mental health challenges.

Training Edge Academy also provides certification in:

The MANDT System
A relationship-based program that focuses on dignity, respect, communication, and prevention. Mandt is used across Family Services, disability supports, nonprofit agencies, and Corrections to strengthen safe, supportive interactions.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) from LivingWorks
An evidence-based, internationally recognized program that empowers individuals and communities to support people who may be thinking about suicide. ASIST provides practical intervention skills that help keep people safer.
safeTALK (LivingWorks)
A half-day suicide alertness workshop that teaches participants how to recognize signs of suicide and connect a person to life-saving support. safeTALK is designed to be accessible, straightforward, and effective for workplaces, community programs, schools, and frontline teams.

Our model is fully mobile. We bring the training directly to your organization — on-site, during regular work hours, anywhere in Manitoba. This reduces travel costs, minimizes disruption to staffing schedules, and ensures training is accessible for rural, northern, and remote communities.

With Training Edge Academy, your team receives professional instruction that is grounded in cultural awareness, trauma-informed practice, and real-world experience — delivered with respect, clarity, and a commitment to safety.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

SafeTalk

The Mandt System

Mental Health and Wellness

First Aid

Oh! look a commercial we did with NCI Radio!

We had a lovely chat with the host of NCI radio about why it is important for remote locations to have life saving trainings!!

About Rob Jessup – Oshoshkwo Binesi Ginew (Blue Thunder Eagleman)

Rob Jessup is the proud Métis founder and lead instructor of Training Edge Academy, a mobile training service based out of Marchand, Manitoba. With more than 14 years of experience working on the frontline and in leadership roles across the nonprofit and Indigenous community sectors, Rob delivers certification programs with heart, cultural grounding, and a trauma-informed approach that meets people where they are.

As a Red River Métis citizen and lifelong advocate for community wellbeing, Rob brings a relational way of teaching — one built on humility, humour, clarity, and respect. Every session reflects his belief that learning should feel safe, practical, and empowering.

He has supported teams across schools, First Nations, disability services, shelters, community agencies, and frontline health organizations throughout Manitoba. Rob’s mobile training model allows him to bring high-quality instruction directly to clients, helping reduce travel costs, scheduling barriers, and overtime pressures — especially for rural and northern communities.

Guided by his spirit name, Oshoshkwo Binesi Ginew (Blue Thunder Eagleman), Rob strives to walk in a good way — with purpose, integrity, and a commitment to uplifting the people and places he serves.