Angelica Calcagnile

Angelica Calcagnile’s experience as a continuing education student in an innovative classroom has led directly to an ongoing role as a mentor for other students, and as a full member of a research team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members dedicated to exploring innovative pedagogy using video games.

Emerging as a leader on the student research team attached to a SSHRC-funded multi-year project on the use of Minecraft in the undergraduate classroom, she has presented her research at local, national and international refereed conferences, including SALTISE.

At the 2023 Canadian Game Studies Association national conference, Angelica and her colleagues won the Most Creative Paper award for their paper on innovative digital pedagogy; the paper is currently in submission for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.