Pixar Canada Shut Down. 100 Employees lost their jobs.

Close to 100 employees at Pixar Canada’s Gastown animation studio lost their jobs Tuesday as the company decided to pack up the three-year-old operation and concentrate its operations in Emeryville, California - according to The Province.

- A decision was made to refocus operations and  resources under the one roof - Barb Matheson, a spokesman for Pixar parent company Disney, said from Toronto. - Staff were just told today. Not great news, obviously. It was just a refocussing of efforts and resources to the one facility.

The studio, which worked primarily on shorts based on existing Pixar characters, had created films like Air Mater, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex.

A statement from Pixar. “As the dynamics of the animation industry continue to change rapidly, we continue to fine-tune our studio and its production processes. We have made the determination to refocus our creative and business efforts and resources under one roof.  Pixar Canada will cease operations immediately.