About

About

Joel Templeman, CD, MPA, MEd

“In teaching it is the method and not the content that is the message . . . the drawing out, not the pumping in.”

— Ashley Montagu

Joel is the current Executive Director of the Internet Society Manitoba Chapter, supporting the expansion of open, accessible, and secure Internet for everyone.  The chapter’s primary project is called North End Connect, which involves community-based participatory action research and local efforts to address the lack of access to information and services available on the Internet. The chapter has also formed a partnership with the Rural Development Institute at Brandon University to together provide academic research, policy development, and advocacy for Digital Inclusion and Meaningful Connectivity for rural and remote Manitobans.

Joel Templeman is also the owner and CIO of Leadthrough.ca, where he does consulting work for local small businesses and non-profit organizations. Joel has worked on contracts with Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology‘s Cyberwave program and Tech Manitoba‘s DigitALL program as an Education Specialist coordinating professional development opportunities for teachers looking to incorporate more technology, computational thinking, and coding into the classroom.

Retired as a Major with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve in 2018, Joel worked in training development and led a team of computer technicians at a national network operations centre. During his time in the military, Joel had the pleasure to serve as an instructor and leader in the cadet program and as a full-time member participated in the Nijmegen March, 2 CMBG’s Ironman competition, 1 CMBG’s Mountain Man event, and completed the Basic Parachutist Course. (see below)
 
A former public school teacher with most of his time spent in the special needs community, Joel completed a Bachelor of Education in 2001. He went on and completed a Master’s degree in Public Administration through the Royal Military College of Canada in 2016, with a focus in IT project management, strategic decision-making, and organizational psychology. 

Joel completed a Master of Education at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education in 2023. Joel’s focus is on digital integration as it relates to transforming teaching and learning in the 21st century as well as community-based participatory research in network infrastructure projects.
 
Joel excels at diving into complex situations and helping those involved in planning and executing processes that harness the chaos and focus effort into the achievement of stated goals. Business planning, short and long-term goal setting, resource management, and leadership training are all part of the services that our facilitators can bring to your environment to help you succeed.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-templeman/ – Connect with me here.

https://github.com/JoelTempleman – A collection of broken and half-finished tech projects.

Below are photos of a few important people in my life and a few adventures I have had over the years.

Cameron, Katherine-Anne, (Me), Sheila, Connor
Finishing the Canadian Death Race (Solo) in 2010. https://www.canadiandeathrace.com/
Documentary Film – “Go Death Racer” https://youtu.be/oAZVzrp6_H0
“Any idiot can run a marathon. It takes a special kind of idiot to run an ultramarathon”
Finished 12th Place – Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario – Ironman Competition (2007) running as an adopted member of the Canadian Special Operations Force Command (CANSOFCOM) team. CBC News article
One of the original members of Team Swamp Donkey at the “Prairie Pitch” 12-hour Adventure Race and co-creator of the Swamp Donkey Adventure Race in Manitoba http://www.swampdonkeyar.com/ (2007)
My wife Sheila (“Rusty”) and me on the set of the movie “Hyena Road” with star and Director Paul Gross dressed as Capt Pete Mitchell (ramp scene shot at 17 Wing Winnipeg 2014) You can catch a glimpse of us in the ramp scene later in the movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4034452/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7
5th and final static line jump – Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre – CFB Trenton, Ontario
Basic Parachutist Course (2014)
Graduation from the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC)
Basic Parachutist Course (2014)
Finished Solo in 25 hours 50 minutes 29 seconds in the Sinister 7 Ultra Marathon (2013). I ran/hiked/walked non-stop for longer than a day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVyxk66xnlQ
I participated in 2005 and 2007, the second time with the honour of serving as the team leader.
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members from 17 Wing Winnipeg led by Captain Joel Templeman participate in day two of the Nijmegen four Days Marches on 18 Jul 2007. The Nijmegen Marches, held annually in the Netherlands, is a prestigious event in which the CAF has participated since 1952. This year, the event marked the 55th time the CAF had participated. A contingent of some 220 CAF members, led by Brigadier-General Raymond Romses, Commander, Canadian Defence Liaison Staff (London), marched. More than 40,000 people, both civilian and military, from more than 50 nations are joining in this year’s event. In addition, more than a million spectators will line the route. CAF participation in the marches combines an important test of physical fitness and teamwork with an opportunity to commemorate Canadian participation in the liberation of the Netherlands in 1944. The military participants must complete over 160 km in four days, while carrying a standard military rucksack weighing at least 10 kg. Photo by: Sgt Blair Mehan Video: https://youtu.be/_SbBX02QUt4
As a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps John Travers Cornwell Victoria Cross, I completed the Practical Leadership Course in 1988. Pictured here with the happy crew of Cutter 7, Outward Bound from HMCS Quadra in British Columbia – Age 16 – 5 days at sea. No adult supervision. Food limited to what each person could fit into a plastic soap dish and water. 500+ nautical miles to sail/sweep. This was only one of many formidable challenges.
Documentary Film “Coming About” – https://youtu.be/bzGD9LyDG_o