<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-26, 2022</p>

Toronto Animation Film Festival

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-27, 2021</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Hot Docs Cinema | Toronto, Canada | 506 Bloor Street West</p><h3>When</h3><p>Monday April 25th</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 11-13, 2021</p>

Toronto Animation Industry Conference

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 18-22, 2020<span class="ql-cursor">﻿</span></p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Corus Quay, Toronto, Canada, 25 Dockside Dr.</p><h3>When</h3><p>Saturday to Sunday, November 2-3, 2019</p>

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

TAAFI News

<p>Jason grew up in Bayfield, Wisconsin, a very small town located on the south shore of the largest lake on the planet, Lake Superior. He studied classical animation at Sheridan College in Ontario Canada, where his student film, Mt. Ehn, won the Teletoon: Most Promising Student award. In 2002, Jason began his professional career at Naughty Dog Studios in Los Angeles, animating the hit game series Jak &amp; Daxter, and later Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3.</p><p>A move to New York came next to work at Blue Sky Studios on feature films including Ice Age II, Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age III and Rio. Jason has combined his career moves with his love for travel; he has lived in Madrid, working on Planet 51 for Ilion Animation Studios, in London working on Iron Man and Paul for Double Negative, and in Melbourne he worked on After Earth for Iloura Studios.</p><p>In 2012, he settled in Vancouver BC at the Coalition, working on Gears of War; and at Sony Pictures Animation working on Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2, Cloudy 2, Storks, and finally, Emoji the movie. Next he returned to Blue Sky Studios in New York as senior character animator on Ferdinand.</p><p>In 2018 Jason began work with Moon Studios on their visually stunning game, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. In Jan 2019 Jason relocated to Montreal Canada, and began work for Reel FX. Current he is lead animator on Scooby-Doo (based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon).</p><p>Throughout his career, Jason has shared his passion for animation with his students. As an animation mentor instructor, and through his demo reel improvement program. In addition, he provides studio animation teams around the world with specialized training (based on project needs).</p>

Jason Martinsen

<p>Elizabeth Ito is a 15 year veteran of the animation industry. She has worked for many different studios on TV, feature, and commercial projects. Her many credits include supervising director on Adventure Time, &nbsp;feature storyboard artist on Hotel Transylvania, Astroboy, and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.  In 2017, she won a Emmy for directing the Adventure Time episode, Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources.</p><p>She is also the creator of the award-winning short, <a href="https://youtu.be/idT98H8TK-U" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Welcome to My Life</a>, &nbsp;which to-date, is the second-most viewed short in Cartoon Network history.&nbsp; It won the Audience Award for children aged between 12 and 17 at the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF), and Best Film For Children at the Zagreb World Animation Festival. </p><p>Elizabeth currently works at <a href="https://elizabethito.com/www.netflix.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Netflix</a>, and is developing her own project about ghosts. </p>

<p>Elizabeth Ito's many credits include supervising director on Adventure Time,&nbsp;feature storyboard artist on Hotel Transylvania, Astroboy, and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.</p>

Elizabeth Ito

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Paw Patrol: How a Canadian PAWperty Took Over The World

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Jonah Stroh

Laura Clunie

<p>Emmy nominee and two time Canadian Screen Award winner Jonah Stroh has over 15 years experience working in the animation industry. As senior director, creative affairs at Spin Master, he oversees the creative on series such as Paw Patrol, Bakugan, Abby Hatcher and Rusty Rivets amongst others. Prior to joining Spin Master, he was the creative producer and a writer on PJ Masks at eOne Family.&nbsp;Before working in animation, he created and produced reality series for various broadcasters including CBC, CTV and Global Television.</p>