Rebecca Cope is the initiator and lead organizer of this project. She is a member of Pictou Landing First Nation and was born and raised in Kjipuktuk. Rebecca is a direct descendant of Grand Chief Jean Baptiste Cope who signed the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1752, and is the granddaughter of a Shubenacadie Residential School survivor, Stella M. Paul. She has 15 years experience in activism, community organizing and networking within native communities as well as the arts community and environmental justice communities. She has served as the Atlantic representative for the Family Advisory Circle in the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, and was instrumental in organizing the community events which led to the removal of the Cornwallis Statue here in Halifax. Rebecca is also a drummer and singer who has performed at countless schools and events over the years, including opening for David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour, and a Halifax New Years Eve Celebration. She has received an award from the Nova Scotia Department of Justice for Leadership in Crime Prevention