Samantha Nock is a Cree-Metis writer currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She grew up in Treaty 8 territory in Northeastern BC, but her family originally comes from Ile-a-la-Crosse, SK (Sakitawak). She has published work in Canadian Art, GUTs Magazine, SAD Mag, Prism International, among others. Her essay, “Saw Your Instagram,” featured in the fall 2018 issue of Canadian Art, was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the Personal Journalism category. Samantha’s poem, pahpowin, was the second runner-up in the Prism International Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize.
