About
The Animation Career Excelerator (ACE CANADA) Society, is a non-profit organization dedicated
to the overall betterment of the animation industry in Canada through:
1. career training, education and mentorship for personnel in the animation industry or
personnel aspiring to enter the industry;
2. promotion of diversity and equality in the animation industry;
3. providing networking and community building opportunities for those in or entering the
animation industry;
4. the elevation of the reputation of Canada’s animation talent and industry and to
support the scalability of the animation industry;
5. supporting the creation of intellectual property;
Our flagship program, is the ACE Program, which has been running since 2018:
THE ACE PROGRAM - AT A GLANCE
The ACE Program is designed to advance the careers of women and those identifying as women in the animation industry by giving them a key credit in the creation of their very own short film or web series pilot, and providing mentorship and training along the way, to ensure they are set-up for success.
The program includes:
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Individual mentoring for each participant
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Group-wide mentorship and training
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Individual pitch training, focusing on how to present and sell yourself and network
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Marketing and pitch training for the development and pitching of their own IP
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Attendance at a festival and/or market
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Promotion of each participant through social media initiatives and industry networking opportunities
Why does this work?
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“Women don’t have the experience.” = This program provides the experience and training to prepare women to succeed
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“We can’t find women for these roles.” = The program shines a spotlight on these women, so that studios and production companies can ‘find’ women for these roles
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It reduces the risk level for studios, in promoting these women to senior roles, by giving women the opportunity to show they are capable of managing the responsibilities required.
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This program ‘pays it forward’. Studies show that women tend to hire more women, so having women in these key creative roles, increasing the opportunities for diversity into the future, beyond the initial participants.
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