<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><span>Tabitha is an animator, writer, and educator, and is currently a Full-Time Faculty member at Sheridan College's Honours BA Animation program teaching 2D Layout and Short Film Workflow to the second year cohort. Graduating from animation school in Toronto in 2007, she has held many positions within the Animation industry as well as supervised BG Paint and 2D Layout on various productions. Tabitha has competed an MFA at OCAD U in Digital Futures (2020) where her research focuses on the effect of online sharing culture on creativity. In 2011, she created/directed the animated short Missed Connection through The NFB’s Hothouse program, and in 2023 wrapped production on a 5-minute satirical rock opera titled Hey, Men! about the rise of populist bro-culture, which will make its festival debut in Spring 2024.</span></p>

Tabitha Fisher

<p>Shannon Bishop is a creative development executive who is well versed in nurturing brands from conception and guiding them creatively through the various stages of development. In her current position at Nelvana, Shannon brings her passion for storytelling into her role as development executive where she is responsible for acquiring new content and taking creative lead on a slate of animated projects in development. Previous to this, Shannon worked as manager of creative affairs at Entertainment One working on a slate of preschool and fashion &amp; lifestyle brands. Shannon began her career working as development manager at Fresh TV evaluating pitches and managing various projects in development spanning from animated comedies to live action tween content. She graduated from the Children's Media program at Centennial College in 2014 and has stayed connected with the school through co-authoring a children's book alongside alumni and presenting a keynote presentation at the Student Leadership Conference. </p>

Shannon Bishop

<p>Canada enters the Spider-Verse!</p><p></p><p>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse blew audiences away with its boundary pushing imagery and animation, blending an eclectic array of styles seamlessly with dazzling results. The sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, pushes the boundaries even further, thanks to a team of talented artists, including home-grown talent from right here in Canada! Now, TAAFI enters the Spider-Verse with JP Welsh, (Senior Character Animator) Sheldon Lisoy, (Compositing Lead), and Dani Devereux (Matte Painting Supervisor) as they trace the threads they spun into the multi-dimensional web of this groundbreaking animated blockbuster.</p><p></p>

Karen Jackson

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Behind-the-scenes

Dani Devereux

Jane Harrison

Jean-Philippe (JP) Welsh 

Sheldon Lisoy

Sony Pictures Animation

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sheldon Lisoy is a Compositing Lead at Sony Pictures Imageworks most recently working on the groundbreaking SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Previously, Lisoy worked at DNEG as a Compositing Lead on the Netflix feature NIMONA. He spent eight years as a Lighting and Compositing Supervisor at Guru Studio and his credits include: THE BREADWINNER, TRUE AND THE RAINBOW KINGDOM, and PAW PATROL</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">He has a degree in Visual and Creative Arts from Sheridan College and a Graduate Certificate in Computer Animation.</span></p>