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."

"Training Edge Academy's mission is to bring training to extraordinary levels and adapt such to meet your organizations needs within the province of Manitoba."

We provide certification in CSA approved Basic and Intermediate First Aid licensed by St. John Ambulance. Training Edge Academy is listed on the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health approval list. Evaluating First Aid Certificates Applicants seeking to provide residential care in a host family home are required to have a valid First Aid certificate as defined in this policy.

Basic First Aid training or a higher level First Aid training must be completed through a training provider who has been approved by Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health. A list of approved training providers can be found on the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health website.

We provide certification in The MANDT System. A program that builds relationships based on dignity and respect between service providers and the people they support. The Mandt program is used in many sectors like Family Services, Non-Profit Licensed homes and Corrections use this program to help build better relationships.

We provide certification in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) from Livingworks. ASIST provides unique, evidence-based training that empowers individuals, organizations and communities to work together to help keep people safer from suicide.

We are dynamic in nature by offering teachings on-site, anywhere in Manitoba. The instructor will attend your location, on your employees regular scheduled working hours removing the need to impact your organization with employees travel and associated costs.

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 in Marchand, Manitoba. With over 14 years of frontline and leadership experience in the nonprofit and Indigenous community sectors, Rob specializes in delivering culturally grounded, trauma-informed certification programs that build safety, wellness, and confidence across Manitoba’s diverse workplaces.

As a Red River Métis citizen and longtime advocate for community empowerment, Rob brings deep relational knowledge, humility, and practicality to every training session. He is certified in:

First Aid & CPR (Basic & Intermediate)
The Mandt System (non-violent crisis prevention)
ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
Mental Health and Wellness “In the Workplace” (in partnership with The Tema Foundation and St. John Ambulance)
safeTALK (suicide alertness training – launching Fall 2025)

Rob has trained staff across schools, First Nations, disability services, shelters, and frontline health organizations. His mobile model allows him to travel directly to client sites — reducing overtime, travel costs, and scheduling challenges for rural and northern communities.

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