Rebecca Hass is a citizen of the Métis Nation of British Columbia and of mixed European descent. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor in Music and Voice Performance, she has enjoyed an over 30-year career as a mezzo soprano performing across Canada with almost every opera company and orchestra as a soloist and lead performer. She has also created several cabarets, one woman shows and toured them to various communities. Recent projects of note include her appearance with the Vancouver and Calgary Symphonies for performances of Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation, by Canadian composer Jeffery Ryan; Christmas Pops with the Victoria Symphony and several performances of her personal music and story- telling show “Sauvage”, where she shared Metis songs. Rebecca is a member of ANSWER, an urban Indigenous women’s drum group and performs locally on Lekwungen territory in support of education, community and resurgence of Indigenous Matriarchs.