Nov 24, 2022
Samara Sampson is a Red-Seal certified sheet metal worker and
member of SMART Local 285. She was one of two female apprentices to
receive the inaugural BOLT scholarship and is the most-recent
winner of HVAC Tactical's "Lady of the Trade" Award.
She is a strong and vocal advocate for women in trades, using
social media to highlight her work on-site, advocate for women in
trades and create connections with and between other construction
women.
She's a strong supporter of Support Ontario Youth (the organization
behind the BOLT scholarship), an ambassador within her
international union, an OBC Tradeswomen member, AND she is one of
the co-founders of Women on Site - an online (and sometimes
in-person) super supportive community of women in Ontario, Canada
who work on construction sites.
In this episode we talk about the importance of trades, how having
fun is key to building courage and confidence, and the
encouragement to just "keeping going".
Find more of Samara and her work here:
https://www.instagram.com/wingnutless/?hl=en
https://www.tiktok.com/@wingnutless
https://www.instagram.com/women.on.site/
https://www.supportontarioyouth.ca/scholarships-bolt/