Barrett and Welsh
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Now, this is a nice way to begin a work week. With a Best of Show & 2 Golds for They Stopped Bullets, our spot for New Canadian Media, a Gold and Silver for our posters for The Tartan Turban Secret Readings and a Gold & Silver for the social media work and brochure we did for Looking at the Stars' prison music outreaches. And 7 Top Agency Awards. That's 14 Summit International Awards the most we've ever won at this show that celebrates the creativity of small and medium-sized advertising agencies. There were more than 4100 submissions from 27 countries this year. Congrats to our amazing teams and the clients that believed in this work. #bloodygreatideas #bloodyamazingpeople

New brand and tagline for the Canadian Marketing League.

Today is #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay and were celebrating Indigenous languages. This part of #TurtleIsland that we call Canada has over 60 #Indigenous languages and over 200K people speak an Indigenous language at home. Heres our chance to learn one. https://apps.apple.com/ca/story/id1390570847

Juneteenth listening/reading. 1. the MadMix: a Podcast featuring PoC ad-people from Canada. https://www.themadmix.com/ 2. Desmond Coles book, The Skin Were In... https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com//the-skin-were-in-by-d/ 3. Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahis book BlackLife https://arpbooks.org/Books/B/BlackLife 4. David Chariandys much-awarded novel Brother https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca//brother-b/9780771023330 5. Robyn Maynard's book Policing Black Lives https://robynmaynard.com/policing-black-lives/ 6. Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada, a book by Rodney Diverlus Sandy Hudson Syrus Marcus Ware. https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Until-We-Are-Free 7. The Globe and Mails Colour Code podcast https://www.theglobeandmail.com//colour-c/article31494658/ 8. Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone) by Kamal Al-Solaylee https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443441438/brown/ 9. Breathe together: A reflection on the violent conditions bringing Black, Indigenous, and Black-Indigenous peoples together. https://yellowheadinstitute.org//06/02/to-breathe-together/

We are delighted to announce that we won 10 Marketing awards (4 silvers, 3 bronzes and 3 merits) in the multicultural category yesterday that's more than any other agency in the category. We couldn't have done it without the passionate creativity of our team and truly supportive clients. It's a combination that can't be beaten. Thank you TD (2 silvers, 2 merits), Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada (2 bronzes), New Canadian Media (1 silver, 1 merit) for your belief in this work. Here's a link where you can see all the work that won! https://marketingawards.strategyonline.ca/winn/winner/2020 #multiculturalmarketing #multiculturaladvertising #minoritycommunications

At Barrett and Welsh, we like to say we just make the ideas. It's the ideas that make the news. This #MulticulturalMonday, we're delighted to share that our campaign for the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada was covered in The Message Canada. Take a look at what they had to say - and do support SHMC by liking their Facebook page or visiting their website and donating to their very important work. https://the-message.ca//new-campaign-tells-the-stories-of/ #diversityandinclusion #minoritycommunications #multiculturaladvertising

Diversity and Inclusion. Speak to all Canadians!

We'd like to close #AsianHeritageMonth with the second ad in our campaign for the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada. It tells the story of RCMP Officer Baltej Singh Dhillon who fought for the right to serve this country in his turban and beard (and won). We are proud to share this work and to help SHMC preserve and honour Sikh struggles and Sikh contributions in Canadian history. Do take a moment to read the ad its a long read but it helps us all understand how minorities in Canada have had to fight, not just for their rights but for their very identity. The battle continues. Please do support the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada - visit their website at SHMC.ca or like their FB page. Every bit of attention helps. #multiculturalmarketing #multiculturaladvertising #racism #discrimination #diversityandinclusion

Racialized Canadians are among our most vulnerable during COVID19. Are you speaking to them or are forgetting them when you communicate? Are your messages reaching them in a way that's useful? For your #MulticulturalMonday reading, we once again point you in the direction of this thought-provoking article for Strategy by our CEO Ishan Ghosh which examines how you can make your messaging more inclusive when people need it most. #DiversityandInclusion

From darkness to light - such a poignant message, so beautifully done, at such a crucial time. Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim friends who have brought so much light and joy to my life.

Because #Eid begins with light - the sighting of the new moon - we invite you to celebrate with us by viewing this image with your screen brightness turned to maximum brightness. #eidmubarak friends!

The newspaper ad thats attached to this post begins this way. "May 23rd 1914. Burrard Inlet, usually frequented by pods of orcas, receives a visitor from India. The Komagata Maru has arrived with 376 passengers 337 are Sikhs. This is their story: a story in which a ship filled with British subjects is turned away from British Columbia by the Royal Canadian Navy." Today is the anniversary of the Komagata Marus arrival 106 years ago and the start of one of the most disturbin...g incidents in Canadian history. We are proud to share the ads we created to frame this incident in our memories work we did for the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada, which preserves and honours Sikh struggles and Sikh contributions in Canadian history. Please do read the ad its a long read but an important one. We'll be sharing the entire campaign in a series of posts.

Our CEO, Ishan Ghosh, poses a vital question to Canada's marketing community. Wise words that we proudly stand behind. https://strategyonline.ca//is-your-covid-19-message-reac/

Racism is a virus that must be stopped dead in its tracks. Now is not the time to sit on the fence. Take a stand. Join the movement. https://www.facebook.com/HealthNotHate/

Way to go Vanig Garabedian! Following your advice and "looking for the positive in the current situation." Your courage is inspiring, so proud. "https://newsroom.td.com//meet-the-td-colleague-aiming-to-j

Why we are awake. #covid19support #diversityandinclusion #minoritycommunications #multiculturalmarketing #multiculturaladvertising #diversityequityinclusion

Another big Friday for us. The 2020 Strategy Creative Report Card is out and Barrett and Welsh is ranked 31 a massive jump up from 103rd last year. We've outperformed many agencies that are way bigger than li'l ol us and we did it all with #multiculturaladvertising and nothing else. To our clients at TD, Allstate and Walmart thank you great clients buy great work. And a massive shoutout to everyone at the agency. We are very proud of our team. Even though this is a creative report card and account management, production and media are not ranked we need the contributions of every single person across every discipline to succeed. Your teamwork made us shine. #canadianadvertising #multiculturalmarketing

News just in: Our CEO Ishan Ghosh will soon be going all judge-ey on #adtech when he joins the jury at the Campaign Tech Awards in London, UK. Are your innovations good enough? You'll find out when the gavel drops. #canadianadvertising #martech

Now, this is a nice way to close out the week. Co-founder and CCO Gavin Barrett's daily profiles of black Canadian ad professionals on LinkedIn are getting some love his #BHM series has made it into online Canadian advertising mag The Message. Thanks to The Message for swinging the spotlight on these amazing folks. Watch for Gavin's longer LI articlea highlight reel of the observations, reflections and advice of all 29 professionals who were featured, at the end of the month. This is a good preview of what to expect. #BHM2020 #BlackPresence #DiversityandInclusion #CanadianAdvertising

On February 27th were hosting a special edition of The Tartan Turban Secret Readings, curated by Canadian Authors Association -Toronto. Six diverse writers. One universal theme: LOVE. Book your free tickets on Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tartan-turban-secret-readings-

May your fortunes multiply in the Year of the Rat and may every mouse-click bring you moolah.

They say watching pots never boil. So guys stop watching. Lets eat.

Kung Hei Fat Choy from all of us at Barrett and Welsh. Celebrations have begun with our traditional hot pot lunch

This post contains a $120K Christmas gif(t). Wishing you our best for the holiday season. And duct tape. The gift that keeps on giving.

Barrett and Welsh provides advertising support to Looking at the Stars. So it made sense for copywriter Gautham Seran and co-founder Gavin Barrett to attend its concert on Monday, November 18th, 2019, at Collins Bay Institution. It was a cold, blustery day. Still, there was an unusual warmth within the prisons high walls as 11 of Canadas foremost chamber soloists led by TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow performed for the inmates. Today, on #GivingTuesday, we ask those who fol...Continue reading

Tonight, at the Tie-Diversity panel discussion at Centennial College's Story Arts Centre, our co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Gavin Barrett talks about his career, how he overcame challenges, what he learned, and what it means to run an organization filled with people who share his passion for diversity and inclusion. #diversityandinclusion #innovation #canada #communications #advertisingandmarketing

We were honoured to be recognized today for our commitment to a #livingwage for all workers. Everyone deserves to be able to live and work with dignity. #bcorporation #bthechange

Diwali happenings at the Tartan Turban

We are so honoured to support Looking at the Stars as it extends its redemptive music outreaches to prisons outside Canada that's our work on the poster at the back. Looking at the Stars depends on so many to deliver these gifts of music. We support it with our skills. Famous musicians donate their talent. Volunteers help stage the events. Philanthropists provide funding support. And many, many individual donors click this link to make a modest donation: http://bit.ly/LAS-donate will you be one?

We are on a mission to move our fellow humans with unforgettable, unexpected, long-lived ideas that stimulate social and behavioural change, inclusion, acceptance and progress. And on #MulticulturalMonday we're happy to see this Heat study validates what we've been doing for the last 16 years. #Diversity is what we see. #Inclusion is what we do. #Authenticity and #Empathy are our secret sauce. #bthechange #bcorps #multiculturalmarketing #multiculturaladvertising #Deloitte #Heat https://www.fastcompany.com//diversity-advertising-good-br

Proud to join in this historic march, fuelled by passion and love for our fellow humans and Mother Earth.