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CANADIAN DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY / MICHAEL BARKER & JOHN GALLAGHER

Voice technology doesn’t always understand people with Down syndrome. The Canadian Down syndrome society has partnered with Google to fix that. Featured in CBC & Adweek, Outsider is thrilled to have worked on this project with the FCB team. Together we helped CDSS kick off Down syndrome awareness week 2019! /// Credits: Campaign Title: Project Understood Client: Canadian Down Syndrome Society Chair: Ed Casagrande Interim Executive Director: Laura LaChance Marketing… Read More

#UNIGNORABLE / ALISON GORDON

Huge congrats to our friends at Taxi for winning “Best Campaign of the Year” at the Strategy Awards. We’re beyond proud of Alison Gordon who edited their TV campaign launch last year. /// Client: United Way Agency: Taxi Creative Team: Marc Levesque, Daniel Cantelon Agency Producer: Cherie O’Connor Director: Benjamin Nicolas Offline: Outsider Editorial Editor: Alison Gordon Editorial Assistant: Scott Edwards EP: Kristina Anzlinger Online: The Vanity Online Artist: Kaelem… Read More

CICLOPE FESTIVAL / MICHAEL BARKER

Outsider is heading to Berlin! Outsider is getting recognition across international seas.  Michael Barker received not one but two finalist nods for Editing with “Fenix6 – Garmin” and for Weird Sh*t with “Weird Good – Pizza Pops”. /// “Fenix” – Finalist for Ciclope 2019: Editing Client: Garmin Editor: Michael Barker Director: Kacper Larski Production Co: Havoc Content /// “Weird Good” – Finalist for Ciclope 2019: Weird Sh*t Client: Pizza Pops… Read More

STRATEGY MAGAZINE / RICK HANSEN FOUNDATION & WALMART / MICHAEL BARKER

Pleased to share that Michael Barker’s latest work have been featured not once but twice on Strategy this week! Opening the world and bringing access to more people with disabilities, the Rick Hansen Foundation teams up with TAXI and Westside to launch a new tv spot #EveryoneEverywhere, a campaign to promote awareness for accessibility in Canada and we are thrilled to be part of it. Narrated by Emmy-nominated Catherine O’Hara,… Read More

LURE OF THE NORTH

Congrats to our Senior Assistant Editor Scott Edwards whose most recent micro-film ‘Lure of the North’, directed by Goh Iromoto, just received a Vimeo Staff Pick. Check out the film here: https://vimeo.com/357826343 Read More

SAPPORO / EAST MEETS WEST / ALISON GORDON + JOHN GALLAGHER

The four episode docu-series « East meets West » , which follows up Sapporo’s Return the Favour campaign from last summer has been getting some love and attention!  Check out the full article from Strategy Online here Read More

TOPIC / A BROKEN ORCHESTRA / MICHAEL BARKER

We’re excited to share the latest collaboration between Michael Barker and director Charlie Tyrell has just received a Vimeo Staff Pick! A documentary of the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra project in Philadelphia, where teachers, students, and community members share the story of Philadelphia’s impoverished music education system and how they came together to put a spotlight on the issue.   Check out the full film here Read More

HELLMANN’S / REAL FOOD RESCUE / CHRIS MURPHY

Congratulations to the entire team behind Hellmann’s “Real Food Rescue” on winning a Bronze Media Lion for Best use of Events this past week in Cannes! We were thrilled to be a part of this campaign to help fight Canada’s food waste problem.   Check out the full video here     Read More

DOVE MEN + CARE / TAKE THE TIME / CHRIS MURPHY

Proud to share that the Dove Men + Care “#TakeTheTime” campaign has been shortlisted for 2 Film Lions at Cannes this year in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) / Corporate Image and Single-market campaign categories. Congratulations to the entire team and good luck to all of the other finalists! Read More

OUTSIDER TURNS 1!

One year wiser. Hundreds of clients later. Thousands of miles travelled. One Oscar shortlist. Countless new friendships. Happy 1st Birthday to Outsider! A huge thank you to all our production and agency partners for making year 1 so fab! It’s been a wild and exciting year and we cannot wait to see what year 2 brings! Read More