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Rooney passed due to complications from stroke // John Rooney, former director of programming at YTV and Teletoon and executive director at Toronto Animation.
YMA, TAAFI launch John Rooney Creator Fund
Created to commemorate John Rooney, the fund will continue his work advocating for LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity in kids media.
January 7, 2021
Canada’s Youth Media Alliance (YMA) and the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) have teamed up to establish a fund to support emerging LGBTQ+ and underrepresented talent in the animation industry.
Created to honor Canadian animation industry vet
John Rooney (pictured) who died in December The John Rooney Creator Fund will build on his work advocating for equity and inclusion for LGBTQ+ talent in animation and kids media.
In his time working with TAAFI and YMA, Rooney did a lot to try and improve Canada’s kids industry, and the organizations want to commemorate his legacy, says YMA exec director
In Memoriam: Remembering The Animation Industry Figures Who Died In 2020
The past 12 months, in which the spectre of disease and death loomed over everything, saw Cartoon Brew chalk up a sad record: we have never published so many obituaries in one year.
None of these deaths were attributed to Covid-19. Yet during a period when light relief was needed more than ever, we instead found ourselves mourning a stream of departed talents who left their mark on our industry animators and cartoonists, directors and producers, voice artists, dancers, and basketball players; famous and under-appreciated; old and young.
Here are the deaths we documented in 2020: