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Dr. Angelica Galante is an Associate Professor at McGill University's Faculty of Education, Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE). She holds the William Dawson Scholar title and directs the McGill Plurilingual Lab. Her expertise spans plurilingual and multilingual education, translanguaging pedagogies, and sociolinguistic research on linguistic discrimination. Dr. Galante has held faculty roles at multiple Canadian institutions and completed graduate studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Education in Brazil, Canada, and the US.
Educational Background:
- Ph.D. Language Literacies and Education, OISE/University of Toronto
- M.A. Applied Linguistics (TESL), Brock University
- B.A. English Literature and Linguistics (Honours), Universidade de São Paulo
- B.Ed. Second Language Education, Universidade de São Paulo
Research Focus: Dr. Galante's work challenges monolingual educational norms, emphasizing plurilingual and pluricultural competence (PPC), translanguaging in classrooms, and leveraging drama/theatre for language learning. She advocates for linguistically inclusive pedagogies that validate learners' diverse linguistic repertoires, particularly in superdiverse educational settings.
Grants & Projects:
- Principal Investigator: SSHRC-funded projects on undocumented immigrants' digital language education and plurilingual pedagogy
- FRQ-SC grant exploring monolingual-to-plurilingual teaching shifts
Awards:
- 2024 McGill President’s Prize for Emerging Research
- 2021 Heather Reisman Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2018 Multilingual Matters Award (AAAL)
Labs & Leadership: Director of the McGill Plurilingual Lab, Co-chair of AILA 2027, and past President of Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL).
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