Founded in 2012, T&S Coop started out as a group of friends and acquaintances with an eclectic set of skills. Some of us were filmmakers, some of us had training in translation, and only one of us had ever really done much subtitling before. But that person – former member and coop spearhead Rémy Huberdeau – was convinced that there was a need in Quebec, especially in the queer community, for an organization providing thoughtful subtitling services that would reflect the intentions of the filmmakers.
As the group came together, we realized that we had an opportunity to form a cooperative of workers that could pay ourselves a living wage and use consensus-based decision making to structure our practices.
As the months and then the years went on, we collaborated, learned from each other and honed our craft to eventually form the razor-sharp strike force we are today. We are grateful to all of our clients over the years for entrusting us with their film-babies and allowing us to render them accessible to wider audiences through translation and closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
