Sisler CREATE

Want to break into the world of film, animation, game dev, or design? Your launchpad is right here at Sisler CREATE.

Sisler’s CREATE Program is where creative minds get the tools, training, and mentorship to level up. Based out of Sisler High School in Winnipeg, we’ve been helping students turn their artistic passion into real careers since 2015. Whether you’re fresh out of Grade 9 or a post-high grad looking to go pro, CREATE gives you hands-on experience, studio access, and serious industry connections.

From film and animation to graphic design, game dev, photography, and digital media, CREATE is all about building your skills with real gear and pro software—then taking it to the next level with certifications, portfolio building, and industry mentorships.

From grade 9 through 12 you’ll start by learning the ropes, then choose your creative lane in one of our three career-ready streams:

🔹 Graphic Design (Industrial Arts)
🔹 IDM – Interactive Digital Media (Vocational)
🔹 MPA – Motion Picture Arts (Vocational)

By the time you hit post-high, you’ll be producing your own projects, collaborating like a studio pro, and getting ready to pitch yourself to employers, studios, or post-secondary programs. Now you are ready to do a year of free post-high school training in one of these areas:

🔹 2D Animation Post-High Program
🔹 IDM – Interactive Digital Media Post-High Program
🔹 Film Post-High Program

What makes CREATE stand out? Our instructors helped write the curriculum for the province. And our global industry network brings mentors, internship ops, and guest speakers who are actually out there creating the content you love.

Whether you want to animate the next hit show, design stunning visuals, or direct your own films—CREATE helps you make it real.

Ready to do what you love for real? Let’s go.

CREATE isn’t just a program — it’s a launchpad.

Our grads are killing it in the creative industry. Over 100 alumni have gone on to top-tier post-secondary schools for animation, film, game dev, and digital media. And tons have already landed gigs at major studios like Amblin, Sony, Atomic Cartoons, Titmouse, Nelvana, Jam Filled, Nelvana, Eagle Vision, APTN, and more.

Oh — and did we mention? Since 2015, CREATE students have locked down over $2 million in scholarships to help fund their creative dreams.

Whether you want to study further, dive straight into the industry, or do both — we’ve got the track record to back you up.

You bring the hustle. We’ll bring the pathway. Let’s get it.

High School Courses:

Grade 9

MP206V1S – Exploration of Motion Picture Arts
GRAR1H – Graphic Design
DM093V1S – Exploration of Interactive Digital Media

Grade 10

MP207V2S – Introduction to Motion Picture Arts
GRAR2G – Graphic Design
DM094V2S – Introduction to Interactive Digital Media

Grade 11

MP208V3S – Fundamentals of Animation
MP209V3S – Fundamentals of Previsualization
MP210V3S – Fundamentals of Compositing and Visual Effects
DM095V3S – Interactive Digital Media Design
DM096V3S – Introduction to Interactive Digital Media Asset Creation
DM097V3S – Introduction to Interactive Digital Media Coding
COSR3S – Computer Science
GRAR3G – Graphic Design

Grade 12

GRAR4S – Graphic Design
DM098V4S – Advanced Interactive Digital Media Asset Creation
DM099V4S – Advanced Interactive Digital Media Coding
DM100V4S – Interactive Digital Media Project Management
DM101V4S – Futures in Interactive Digital Media
COSR4S – Computer Science (only available as a ZZ slot)
MP211V4S – Applied Motion Picture Arts
MP212V4S – Motion Picture Arts Project Management
MP213V4S – Motion Picture Arts Studio Training
MP214V4S – Motion Picture Arts Portfolio Development

Industry Liaisons

Thanks to CREATE benefactor The Schroeder Foundation, the CREATE program has two industry liaisons who assist with our industry partnerships and help students with internships, work placements, post-secondary applications, scholarship applications, resumes, cover letters and more.

Jeff Peeler is the founder of the Manitoba production company Three Film and Television. He started the company after 17 years at a senior management level at the award-winning international film and television production company, Frantic Films. With over 25 year’s experience in the industry he has overseen the production of hundreds of hours of film and television content across multiple genres. Jeff’s Producer and Executive Producer credits include the Canadian Screen Award and Banff Rockie winning Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC), the multiple award-winning Still Standing (CBC), Buy It Fix It Sell It and Backyard Builds (HGTV), The Winnipeg Comedy Festival (CBC), Killer in Plain Sight (Investigation Discovery), High Maintenance: Preventing Disaster (Smithsonian Channel), Meet the Family (City), and the feature films Stand!, Into Invisible Light and The Nature of Nicholas. Jeff also produced the sports documentary, The 13th Man for TSN’s Engraved on a Nation anthology which won Best Documentary Series at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 and the true-crime documentary Indictment: The Crimes of Shelly Chartier.

Ginny Collins worked as the Communications Director for Manitoba Film & Music (MFM) for 10 years. She is also a playwright and winner of the Best Manitoba Play at the 2019 Manitoba Book Awards. Before her time at MFM, Ginny worked in communications with the United Nations Development Programme in Namibia, and as a training with a local women’s magazine in Zambia. Ginny works with CREATE’s many partners including Nickelodeon, CBC, Bell MTS, Nelvana and more to coordinate opportunities for students. She also assists with resume and cover letter building, scholarship applications, post-secondary applications and more to ensure students achieve their full potential.