<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>Shaleen Sangha has been a part of the Boat Rocker team since 2017. As vice president of Boat Rocker Studios, Kids and Family, Shaleen oversees the day-to-day operations of its Toronto division with a focus on creative development and production. Prior to this Shaleen was at DHX Media since 2007, as the director of development for Kids and Family entertainment. </p><p>Shaleen has a passion for content and focuses on building meaningful heartfelt stories that resonate with todays youth. Throughout her career, Shaleen has been committed to seeking out and fostering new ideas and talent as well as managing relationships with existing clients, creators and content makers. Shaleen was a CSA nominee as supervising producer of the The Next Step Season 6, and was creative executive on series such as The Strange Chores, Polly Pocket, Chip and Potato, Chuck’s Choice, Doozers, Looped and many more. </p><p>Shaleen was instrumental in building online content for many of the series on her slate including the Chuck’s Choice: Choose Your Own Pet Adventure and the Addison: The Invention Detective app. In addition to her role in development, Shaleen has created content since she was 9-years-old and has been a writer, director and producer of award-winning short films, including Nayan and the Evil Eye which garnered 14 awards worldwide. Shaleen also has experience in sales and contracts administration in her prior roles at Cinemavault Releasing and Microsoft Canada.</p>

Shaleen Sangha

<p>Shannon Bishop works as part of the eOne Family &amp; Brands team as manager, creative affairs. She is responsible for acquiring new content and managing projects in active development. eOne Family’s current slate of programs include “Peppa Pig”, “PJ Masks”, “Ricky Zoom” and “Cupcake and Dino”.</p>

Shannon Bishop

<p>The art of storytelling has become a big focus with emerging technologies. Dan Fill (Dark Slope), Steve Miller (Secret Location) and Leslie Klassen (Flipside) discuss how virtual reality (VR) opens up a world of storytelling possibilities that turn viewers into active participants of an experience. Analyzing narratives - our panel discusses the challenges of immersive storytelling.&nbsp;</p>

Immersive Storytelling

Ana Serrano

Dan Fill

Lesley Klassen

Steve Miller

<p>Steve is a director and senior creative technologist at Secret Location, where he leverages a multi-disciplinary background in creative technology to translate art and story to a variety of different media. His work has been recognized by numerous awards including the first digital Emmy, FITC, the Digi’s, the FWA, and the Canadian Screen Awards. He has been heavily involved in numerous virtual reality projects, and enjoys exploring and challenging the possibilities of the medium. Part time ice cream connoisseur.</p>