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Canada’s animation and visual effects industry was one of our proudest exports. Now it’s struggling - The Globe and Mail

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Studios across the country have been shedding jobs, threatened by tax changes, artificial intelligence and rising costs

During the darkest months of COVID-19 lockdowns, the creative forces behind the animation industry were working harder than perhaps ever before. Karen Jackson, a Toronto surfacing artist and production co-ordinator, was doing work for three studios simultaneously on shows such as Maya and the Three and Bubble Guppies. Many of her colleagues in animation and visual effects were holding down at least two gigs, too. A global horde of bored viewers were looking for entertainment, and animation workers were able to pivot to remote work in a way that live-action productions could not. “There was so

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