Samantha Craig-Curnow is Anishinaabe-Kwe from the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. She is from the Marten clan and is a mother, an auntie, a sister, a daughter, and a wife.
Samantha graduated from Seneca College in 2012 with a Law Clerk diploma, from York University in 2014 with an Honours Bachelor of Art in political science and in 2019 from Osgoode Hall Law School with her juris doctorate. She was called to the bar in November of 2020 and has practiced since as Associate General Counsel for her First Nation. Samantha is passionate about her work which involves the opportunity not only to guide her community toward sound legal decisions, but also allows her to be involved in the reinvigoration of Anishinaabe law, governance and justice. As in-house counsel for a First Nation, Samantha’s practice includes a wide range of subjects from contract law to employment, environmental, health, education, and even estates law.
In addition to her work in her community, Samantha has strong ties with her alma mater as Co-Chair of Seneca Polytechnic’s Indigenous Education Council, she serves as a member of the Polytechnic’s Board of Governors, and with the youth in her community though her facilitation of the Indigenous Youth Justice Program.