{"id":61495,"date":"2026-10-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/?p=61495"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T21:16:27","slug":"ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACE Canada, along with premiere sponsor Netflix Canada, announced the selection of their nine final participants for ACE CANADA\u2019s fifth cohort. The ACE program is an immersive Animation Career Excel-erator training program for mid to high-level animation professionals who identify as women, non-binary and Two-Spirit. The mission of the program is to help these professionals break the glass ceiling, move into key creative and senior roles in the animation industry and to encourage the creation of Canadian intellectual property and the telling of authentic stories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next year, the selected candidates from across Canada will work together to create an animated short film, with mentorship and guidance along the way, to earn that essential \u2018key credit\u2019 for their role. They will also participate in a series of soft skills workshops and learn industry best practices to prepare them to move into senior and management roles. The success of the program is evident, with 29 past participants now working in senior roles in the animation industry and the ACE Canada short films screening at animation festivals around the world. ACE 4\u2019s short film Rocketship Mai\u2019s was an official selection at SIGGRAPH 2026, ACE 3\u2019s short film Ostinato is now playing on Netflix, Variety predicted that ACE 2 short Pivot would be a short-listed candidate for the 2024 Academy Awards and had more than 1.4 million views on TikTok, a testament to authentic stories finding an audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The finalists were selected by a jury of more than 35 creative and studio industry professionals from across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final ACE CANADA Cohort 5 Participants<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writer \u2013 Goun Lee (Toronto, ON)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writer working in creative development at Boat Rocker Studios and Nelvana. Writing credits include Unicorn Academy, Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings, and two upcoming preschool series with Boat Rocker and 9Story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Producer \u2013 Meeka Stuart (Ottawa, ON)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Emmy nominated Director and Animator known for such works as Through the Woods, Dora!, and Cyberchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Director &#8211; Alice Manieri (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internationally awarded filmmaker and story artist with 9+ years\u2019 experience shaping narratives, storyboards, and visual content. Credits include &#8220;Tangles. A Story About Alzheimer&#8217;s,&#8221; which premiered at Cannes in 2026, and Netflix shows like &#8220;The Dragon Prince&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Art Director \u2013 Sujin Kim (Vancouver, BC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A visual development artist and visual storyteller for feature films. Credits include Addams Family 2, Zoopocalyse, and Paw Patrol 2: The Mighty Movie. Currently, a visual development artist for Sony Pictures Animation&#8217;s next sequel to Mitchell&#8217;s vs. Machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Head of Story \u2013 Sara Mota\u00a0 (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Story Artist with 10 years of experience. Credits include The Bad Guys 2, Unicorn Academy, Lego One Piece, and Big Nate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Animation Director \u2013 Jade Laflamme (Edmonton, AB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A proud Metis animator with thirteen years of experience.. Credits include the My Little Pony series, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls \u2013 Legend of Everfree, Johnny Test, Clone High and Shift and go!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Production Manager \u2013 Helen Lysenko (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Lysenko is a TV and film producer originally from Ukraine transitioning into the world of animation, Credits include Lego Pixar: BrickToons and Spidey and His Amazing Friends (Seasons 3, 4, 5, 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Editor \u2013 Sarah Fricker (Vancouver, BC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Animation editor with credits on Spidey and his Amazing Friends and multiple LEGO Disney shorts such as LEGO Disney Princess &amp; LEGO Frozen: Operation Puffins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Composer \u2013 Chihiro Nagamatsu (Toronto, ON)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An award-winning Japanese-Canadian composer and songwriter, credits include Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue!, 1001 Couronnes Pour Ma T\u00eate, and Bubble Tea Time, which received the Best Canadian Composer Award from the SCGC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACE Canada, along with premiere sponsor Netflix Canada, announced the selection of their nine final participants for ACE CANADA\u2019s fifth cohort. The ACE program is an immersive Animation Career Excel-erator training program for mid to high-level animation professionals who identify as women, non-binary and Two-Spirit. The mission of the program is to help these professionals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5162],"tags":[30575,34836],"class_list":["post-61495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ace","tag-animation-career-excel-erator"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator - Le petit septi\u00e8me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le petit septi\u00e8me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Le-Petit-Septi%c3%a8me\/494448933948121?ref=hl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGrondinArt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Francois Grondin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@fgrondin1221\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LePetitSeptieme\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Francois Grondin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Francois Grondin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12a0b9476b07b0f9a7cc8a82db87e8af\"},\"headline\":\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":581,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ACE\",\"Animation Career Excel-erator\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/\",\"name\":\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator - Le petit septi\u00e8me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort - Une\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/03\\\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Le petit septi\u00e8me\",\"description\":\"Reviews and comments on Quebec, international and author cinema\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Le Petit Septi\u00e8me\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/cropped-Logo-Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me-2016-BW.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/cropped-Logo-Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me-2016-BW.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Le Petit Septi\u00e8me\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pages\\\/Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me\\\/494448933948121?ref=hl\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LePetitSeptieme\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC5mdhI_jJvDN1I9fkk5RcIw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12a0b9476b07b0f9a7cc8a82db87e8af\",\"name\":\"Francois Grondin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Francois Grondin\"},\"description\":\"Sp\u00e9cialiste en cin\u00e9ma international et en communication num\u00e9rique, cin\u00e9aste, photographe et passionn\u00e9 de cin\u00e9ma italien et japonais. Membre du jury pour le festival FICMAN et le SIFA Festival 2022 et, bien s\u00fbr, fier papa de 2!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/FGrondinArt\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/francois-grondin-05895816\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/fgrondin1221\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lepetitseptieme.ca\\\/en\\\/author\\\/francois\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator - Le petit septi\u00e8me","description":"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort","og_description":"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.","og_url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/","og_site_name":"Le petit septi\u00e8me","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Le-Petit-Septi%c3%a8me\/494448933948121?ref=hl","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGrondinArt\/","article_published_time":"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Francois Grondin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort","twitter_description":"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","twitter_creator":"@fgrondin1221","twitter_site":"@LePetitSeptieme","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Francois Grondin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/"},"author":{"name":"Francois Grondin","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/12a0b9476b07b0f9a7cc8a82db87e8af"},"headline":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator","datePublished":"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/"},"wordCount":581,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","keywords":["ACE","Animation Career Excel-erator"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/","url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/","name":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator - Le petit septi\u00e8me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-03T11:00:00+00:00","description":"Discover the nine talented finalists chosen for the 5th cohort of the ACE Canada Animation Career Excel-erator program, in partnership with Netflix Canada.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACE-CANADA-SOCIETY-Announces-Participants-for-Fifth-Animation-Career-Excel-erator-Cohort-Une.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator Cohort - Une"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/ace-canada-society-announces-participants-for-fifth-animation-career-excel-erator-cohort\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ACE CANADA SOCIETY Announces Participants for Fifth Animation Career Excel-erator CohortACE, Animation Career Excel-erator"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/","name":"Le petit septi\u00e8me","description":"Reviews and comments on Quebec, international and author cinema","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#organization","name":"Le Petit Septi\u00e8me","url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-Logo-Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me-2016-BW.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cropped-Logo-Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me-2016-BW.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Le Petit Septi\u00e8me"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Le-Petit-Septi\u00e8me\/494448933948121?ref=hl","https:\/\/x.com\/LePetitSeptieme","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5mdhI_jJvDN1I9fkk5RcIw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/12a0b9476b07b0f9a7cc8a82db87e8af","name":"Francois Grondin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbc7d427b20502f8a471e632a3ac28d3200b0a6f80a7e6d8056f088f651d3888?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"Francois Grondin"},"description":"Sp\u00e9cialiste en cin\u00e9ma international et en communication num\u00e9rique, cin\u00e9aste, photographe et passionn\u00e9 de cin\u00e9ma italien et japonais. Membre du jury pour le festival FICMAN et le SIFA Festival 2022 et, bien s\u00fbr, fier papa de 2!","sameAs":["https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGrondinArt\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/francois-grondin-05895816\/","https:\/\/x.com\/fgrondin1221"],"url":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/author\/francois\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61497,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61495\/revisions\/61497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}