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On February 16, 2022 students from Sisler’s CREATE program will find out if they received a scholarship to Vancouver Film School. The announcement will take place at a socially-distanced event at Sisler High School at…
Global News Winnipeg spoke to Sisler CREATE post-high students Jireh Laririt about our partnership with Nelvana.
PLEASE NOTE: Game On 2022 has been postponed until further notice. We hope to be able to host the event at Sisler High School in the Spring of 2022. Game On is a collaboration between…
Students in the Winnipeg School Division’s CREATE program at Sisler High School are getting the work experience of a lifetime. Twelve students in the CREATE post-high program and three alumni are currently doing paid animation…
On November 10 the CREATE program kicked off its Series Development Mentorship with Nickelodeon Animation. As part of this program, seven CREATE students will receive mentorship from Nickelodeon animation artists on how to pitch and…
Winnipeg has been named the most intelligent community for 2021 by the Intelligent Community Forum, beating out contenders from all over the world. As part of their submission to the competition, Economic Development Winnipeg profiled…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sisler CREATE (@sislercreate) Sisler Create & Nickelodeon Community Efforts have started year 2 of the Orange Tree Project with partners Wacom and Toon Boom. This will…
A huge congrats to team Clam from @sislerhs @winnipegsd for placing 1st in the high school category and 12th overall (of over 200 teams) in the @24hourscontest with $10,000 in prizes from @wacom@toonboomanimation @dreamworks@nickanimation and more! Team AABzark from @sislerhs @winnipegsd took 18th place overall (against…
This fall marks the 19th year since Aubry Mintz, current director of Animation & Visual Effects at Chapman University, began his 24 HOURS Animation Contest to challenge his students at Laguna College of Art and…
On Oct 2 at 1pm EDT the Orange Tree Project will be featured as part of a Ottawa International Animation Festival panel. Sisler CREATE students Sam Balanial, Megan Koscielny and Xierra Cansino, as well as…
The second instalment of the Orange Tree Project is officially underway! For the second year in a row, student teams in the CREATE program will work under the mentorship of Nickelodoeon animation artists to craft…
(IMAGE: Chanie Wenjack, whose story inspired the creation of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund) A new project led by Indigenous students in Sisler High School’s CREATE program will use animation and virtual reality…
Flipside XR, a Winnipeg studio specializing in virtual reality, is donating their time to the CREATE program by teaching a masterclass for our students on September 15, 2021. As part of the masterclass, titled Content…
On September 14, 2021 Paul Donnett from Writer Jump gave a masterclass to Sisler CREATE Students on: Coming Up With Story Ideas That Audiences & Studios will LOVEStory is the most powerful force on the…
Winnipeg has been identified as an Intelligent City by the Intelligent Communities Forum – a global network of cities and regions with a think tank at its center. Its mission is to help communities in…
This year, Sisler High School (and post-high) classes will resume Wednesday Sept 8, 2021. All students will have their timetables emailed to them on Sept 1, 2021. For the CREATE post-high program, all animation students…
‘Grim Companion’, a short animated film created by Yam Jam Animations as part of Sisler CREATE’s Orange Tree Project, will screen at this year’s Calgary International Film Festival. The short will screen as part of…
A short film by Ritvick Mehra called ‘Lover Boy’s Little Dream’ screening at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Film Market as part of Telefilm Canada’s ‘Not Short on Talent’ series. Mehra graduated from Sisler High…
Artists in Sisler High School’s CREATE program have designed the Superhero alter-egos of some fellow students. As part of The Superhero Project, an international initiative that enlists volunteer artists to create the superhero alter-egos of…
The Netflix original short film ‘Cops and Robbers’, created using animation from CREATE post-high students, has received a Peabody Award. The film previously made the Academy Award long list. Post-high graduates John Hildawa, Chantal Philippot,…
A huge congratulations to our students Bianca Solis, Kimberly Chau, Ethan Langit and Sean Monfero for placing in the @skillscompetencescanadacompetition. Kim and Bianca won #Gold and will be heading to Worlds to compete in the 2D animation category!…
June 24th – OTP Student Showcase Winnipeg, Manitoba — Winnipeg School Division students from Sisler High School’s CREATE program will have their work streamed across North America as part of the program’s inaugural showcase in partnership with…
Sisler CREATE student will be designing superheroes based on the alter egos of kids and teens with serious illnesses and special needs, as part of a collaboration with The Superhero Project. Launched in 2017, The…