Canada's actors union, ACTRA, has seen Olivia Nuamah, its national director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, unexpectedly exit after just four months in the newly-created post. "I have been offered an exciting opportunity outside of the screen-based industry and have made the difficult decision to pursue this once-in-a-lifetime chance to continue advancing change at a national level," Nuamah said in a statement on Monday after leaving ACTRA on April 1 and not specifying where she will land.
Her hire was announced in late Nov. 2020 as the actors union responded to an industry-wide reckoning with systemic racism by attempting to diversify creative teams and content.
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