JP Larocque is an award-winning screenwriter and producer with experience in comedy (CBC’s Sort Of and North of North, CTV’s JANN), drama (CBC’s Allegiance, SkyMed, Diggstown and Coroner), youth (Family Channel’s Home Sweet Rome, YTV’s Popularity Papers) and science fiction/horror (Netflix’s Another Life, Shudder’s Slasher).
They are creator and executive producer of the digital comedy series Gay Nerds on OUTtv. In 2024, The Globe and Mail listed them among “the 25 most influential people in Canadian television.”
As a journalist, JP has bylines in Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Toronto Star, Flare, This Magazine, Xtra, and The Beaverton, with additional work in the anthologies City Voices: A Book of Monologues by Toronto Artists (2012), and The Secret Loves of Geeks (2018).
Alongside creatives Sara Peters and Shakil Jessa, JP co-founded Queering The Screen, a not-for-profit organization and study dedicated to ensuring workplace equity and safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ members of the Canadian screen industry. Ask them about it!
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Professional Associations: Writers Guild of Canada (Council Delegate, 2020-22/2022-24; IDEA/Diversity Committee, 2020-25; Canadian Screenwriter Editorial Committee, 2021), BIPOC TV & FILM (formerly Visioning Committee).
Nominations:
2026 Film Independent Spirit Award, Best New Scripted Series, “North of North”
2025 Canadian Screen Award, Best Writing, Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, “Popularity Papers” (with Vivian Lin)
2025 WGC Screenwriting Award, Best Writing Tween & Teen, “Popularity Papers” (with Vivian Lin)
2024 Canadian Screen Award, Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, “Home Sweet Rome.”
2023 Peabody Award in Entertainment, “Sort Of.”
2023 Canadian Screen Award, Best Writing in a Comedy, “Sort Of.”
Professional Development
2023 CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst Program
2022 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Canadian Jury
2021 CFC/Netflix Project Development Accelerator
2021 Rogers-Black Screen Office Script Development Fund
2021 Warner Media x Canadian Academy Global Access Program
2021 BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Training Bootcamp
2021 Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices Initiative
2015 Shaw Media Hot Docs Diverse Voices Program
2013 WGC Bell Media Diverse Screenwriters Program
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