About

Executive Director
Supporting the Winnipeg Game Collective since 2014, Daniel is passionate about working to support the game development community in Winnipeg. Currently serving as the Executive Director.

Recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans for 2023, Daniel has also made a significant impact as the Co-Chair for the Winnipeg chapter of the International Game Developers Association, where their efforts earned the chapter an International Award for Chapter Growth, Events, and Advocacy.

Outside of their professional endeavors, Daniel enjoys combining their hobbies of unicycling, cats, and ukuleles—sometimes all at once.

Community Director
June Pagé has been attending Winnipeg Game Collective events since 2019 and been organizing them since 2022. Always passionate about providing space for Winnipeg's game development community to grow, she currently serves as Community Director. A graduate of Red River College Polytechnic's Video Game Development program, June has always championed game jams to her classmates, even organizing a group of 15 of her classmates in first year to participate in the Winnipeg Game Collective's inaugural Slow Jam. Her work with the Winnipeg Game Collective has earned her the recognition of Manitoba's own Ace Burpee as one of the Top 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans for 2023. In her spare time, June plays a plethora of tabletop games and devours a steady stream of sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Special Events Director
A dedicated member of the Winnipeg Game Collective, Sasha has been instrumental in organizing showcase events at Ai-Kon, Comic-Con, and various other small events throughout 2024. With a vision to create a platform for local developers to connect with broader audiences, their efforts emphasize public outreach and foster opportunities for collaboration, networking, and mentorship within the indie game community.

Ambassador/Coordinator
Derek joined WGC in 2024, and is a graduate of both Red River College's Game Developement and Business Information Technology programs. He is an avid programmer and designer who wants to see the game industry grow and thrive in Winnipeg. Outside of Game Development, Derek enjoys tabletop games, comics and cooking.

Ambassador/Coordinator
Annie Wiebe is a game developer and 3D artist born and raised in Winnipeg. She made a beeline for the games industry straight out of high school, barreling through RRC's Digital Media Design and Game Development Art programs. She currently works as an art director for Prairie Interactive and serves as a coordinator with the Winnipeg Game Collective to sate her needs to make games and help people make games, respectively.

Ambassador
Julian Beutel is the Composer and Sound Designer at FlightyFelon Games, currently working on FREERIDE. He has previously worked on Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters with Complex Games, and The Last Taxi, with ZenFri Inc. In 2015 he composed the music for the short film An Object at Rest, shortlisted for the 2016 Oscar for Best Animated Short. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Trumpet from Brandon University. Julian plays the Fender Rhodes in the instrumental minimalist beat-music trio Compost, as well as coordinates PegJam Radio - a collection of original music from Manitoba-based video game composers and developers.

Ambassador
Steve loves 3 things: Games, Kendo, and everything else. His favorite things are ones that bring people together, just close enough to hit with a 120cm bamboo sword or accidentally spill a drink on. In making games he typically tries to replicate the magic of the golden age of local multiplayer gaming he grew up on. Having extensive experience with the Unity engine, Steve is always happy to help others learn how to wrangle it. He also dabbles in other engines and board game design from time to time. Steve is also the proud recipient of the "Top Child" award year after year from his mother who swears she doesn't pick favorites. It has been an accolade he will never let his siblings live down.