JP Larocque is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and journalist whose work spans a variety of genres, including comedy, drama, youth, science-fiction, and horror.
Their television credits include CBC’s Sort Of, North of North, Allegiance, Saint-Pierre, Small Achievable Goals, SkyMed, Diggstown, How to Fail as a Popstar, and Coroner; CTV’s Jann; Family Channel’s Home Sweet Rome; YTV’s Popularity Papers; Netflix’s Another Life; and Shudder/Hollywood Suite’s Slasher.
They are also creator and executive producer of the digital comedy series Gay Nerds on OUTtv, and co-created and developed the Murdoch Mysteries spin-off series Macy Murdoch for CBC Gem. In 2024, The Globe and Mail named JP one of “the 25 most influential people in Canadian television.”
As a journalist, JP has written for Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Toronto Star, Flare, This Magazine, Xtra, and The Beaverton. Their work has also appeared in City Voices: A Book of Monologues by Toronto Artists (2012) and the Dark Horse Comics anthology The Secret Loves of Geeks (2018).
Alongside fellow creatives Sara Peters and Shak Jessa, JP spearheaded Queering The Screen, a CMF and Telefilm-funded study analyzing workplace equity and safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ members of the Canadian screen industry. Their findings will be published in winter of 2027.
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Professional Associations: Writers Guild of Canada (Council Delegate, 2020-22/2022-24; IDEA/Diversity Committee, 2020-26; Canadian Screenwriter Editorial Committee, 2021), BIPOC TV & FILM (formerly Visioning Committee), Queering The Screen (Co-Director, 2022-2027).
Nominations:
2026 WGC Screenwriting Award Nominee, Best Writing in a Comedy, “North of North” (with Aviaq Johnston & Garry Campbell)
2026 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominee, Best New Scripted Series, “North of North”
2025 Canadian Screen Award Nominee, Best Writing, Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, “Popularity Papers” (with Vivian Lin)
2025 WGC Screenwriting Award Nominee Best Writing Tween & Teen, “Popularity Papers” (with Vivian Lin)
2024 Canadian Screen Award Nominee, Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, “Home Sweet Rome.”
2023 Peabody Award Nominee in Entertainment, “Sort Of.”
2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominee, 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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