Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Nelvana is an animation studio that was founded in 1971 in Toronto , Ontario , Canada by Michael Hirsh , Patrick Loubert , and Clive A. Smith .
Simplified: Nelvana started in 1971 when two graduates of York University , Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert , teamed up with a British animator-designer Clive A. Smith in Toronto , Ontario .