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<p>TOJam or Toronto Game Jam is an annual <a href="/facts/Game_Jam/3zTLU8sQ">game development event</a> held at <a href="/facts/George_Brown_College/NRb5k11P">George Brown College</a> in <a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto, Canada</a> each spring, usually the first weekend in May. The event is named for the common abbreviation for Toronto ("T.O."), and the term for an impromptu performance ("<a href="/facts/Jam_session/r9pRm5cG">jam</a>"), borrowed from <a href="/facts/Jazz/lmUzXGq8">jazz</a>. The name of the event is knowingly evocative of "<a href="/facts/ToeJam/kTRczTmM">toe jam.</a>" The first TOJam event was held in May 2006. Among the organizers/co-founders were Emilie McGinley, Jim McGinley, Rob Segal and Nelson Yu. </p>