Halifax Pleasure proclaims departure of govt director and communications supervisor | Cultural Festivals | Halifax, Nova Scotia

It’s time to rely Halifax Pleasure Pageant among the many ever-growing listing of organizations within the metropolis’s cultural sector that’s switching up its management: Longtime govt director Adam Reid introduced earlier this week he’s stepping down from his place to pursue new alternatives after six years within the function. Reid gave The Coast the news a few weeks earlier than the fest’s official announcement, once we known as him as much as congratulate Pleasure on profitable gold within the class of Greatest Pageant on this yr’s Better of Halifax Readers’ Alternative Awards.

“In these present days of Pleasure, should you’re not making a pageant that enables for all members of the 2SLGBTQ+ group who need to come collectively and flourish, then, you realize, we’re type of lacking the mark,” Reid informed us then, earlier than saying it’s the various palms behind the scenes who make the fest the winner it’s. “I simply really feel like I am so, so happy with the 2022 crew of workers and volunteers who have been simply actually phenomenal this yr. And that is my final yr as govt director of Halifax Pleasure. So it is extremely rewarding to wrap issues up with such a well-received pageant.”

Reid’s tenure at Pleasure was a busy chapter within the group’s historical past: Because the first-ever govt director of the annual occasion, Reid “was tasked with stabilizing the group and making certain the pageant mirrored the wants of the 2SLGBTQ+ group,” because the fest skilled exponential development, a launch asserting the departure begins. With development got here issues of inclusivity and variety that the fest has strived to fulfill in recent times: “Following years of criticism for failing to assist racialized and trans and non-binary communities, Reid centered on rebuilding belief, implementing a brand new strategic plan, and charting a brand new course for Halifax Pleasure.” (The discharge additionally introduced the departure of longtime fest operations and communications supervisor Fiona Kerr.)

Halifax Pleasure has but to announce an interim govt director or when it expects Reid’s place to be crammed. The 2023 pageant can be held from July 20-30.