The lead artist for this project is Tayla Fern Paul who is a Mi’kmaw artist, activist and metal fabricator. A member of Pictou Landing First Nation, she grew up in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) where she currently resides. She has a painting at the Dalhousie Weldon Law building, a relief clay tile currently on display at the Museum of Natural History, a steel and copper tree sculpture for Eel River Bar First Nation commemorating Residential School Survivors, and has taught art on reserves in Unama'ki (Cape Breton). Born in Kjipuktuk and raised in Mtaban (Wolfville), Tayla returned to Kjipuktuk after traveling as a youth to remain on homeland. Tayla has also done public speaking on issues of social and environmental justice. She has four children, and is the daughter of artist Leonard Paul.