Woke up to some super cool news this morning — I’ve been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing on a Comedy Series for my episode of CBC’s Sort Of! Now I get to be one of the jerks who says things like “It’s an honour just to be nominated.” But it is!…
2023 CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst!
Feeling very excited and honoured to be participating in the CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst program, presented with the Canadian Film Centre. On the program: “Designed through an anti-racist and equity-focused lens, the accelerator program for senior-level writers who identify as Indigenous, Black, or People of Colour provides hands-on and personally tailored on-set experience, additional tools…
Sort Of: Season 2 — November 15th on CBC and December 1st on HBO Max!
Sometimes you get to work on a dream project, and Sort Of has definitely been that for me. It can be rare to find yourself on a gig where multiple aspects of your identity are seen as relevant to the material of a show, but that was absolutely the case here. And it also doesn’t…
Heritage Minute: Jackie Shane!
Bucket, meet list. I grew up in front of my parents’ old television set, watching hours upon hours of shows and commercials — to be honest, this largely informed my desire to write television. I regret nothing. It was hard to make friends when you were a gay biracial kid in the suburbs. But mixed…
Diggstown: Season 4 – October 12th on CBC!
We’re back! The fourth (and final) season of Diggstown premieres October 12th on CBC and CBC Gem! As I’ve mentioned before, the experience of working on this show has been incredible. I’ve learned so much from creator Floyd Kane, and to get the opportunity to break important stories and build relationships with these creators (including…
SkyMed: July 10th on CBC & Paramount+!
Excited to share that a series I worked on last year will be premiering this July 10th! SkyMed is a real labour of love, and working with creator Julie Puckrin and the team to bring these stories to life was so lovely and taught me so much. And I got a sneak peek of my…
Sort Of: Winner of 2022 Peabody!
Feeling tremendously grateful to be a part of the second season of CBC/HBO Max’s hit series Sort Of. It is very rare to write on a show where multiple aspects of your identity are folded into the lived experiences of the characters, so to have the opportunity to bring some of that into incredible universe…
Coroner: Season 4 — “True Crime” on CBC!
Coroner Season 4 has been trucking along nicely, with Dr. Jenny Cooper and her team navigating all sorts of new and exciting challenges… and mysterious murders. Tomorrow my episode “True Crime” of drops. It features… well, true crime, legacies of trauma, and queer love. Pretty on-brand for me. The official synopsis below: “Jenny pieces together…
Toronto Star: “On Patricia Wilson.”
I wrote a piece for The Toronto Star on a beloved figure within the city’s 2SLGBTQ+ community, Patricia Wilson. A recent institutional review at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre has led to staffing changes at the queer institution — a restructuring that has not come without controversy. Beyond measured statements from both parties, there are few…
2021 CFC/Netflix Development Accelerator.
The news went live today — I was selected to participate in the 2021 CFC/Netflix Development Accelerator! So, so cool. I’ve been eyeing this program for well over a year now, so to have the opportunity to actually participate in it (and work with CFC and Netflix) is a real dream come true. The cohort also…
JP Larocque 