Sam is a recent graduate of the University of Saskatchewan (B.A. Double Honours in Studio Art and History) with a focus on environmental and transnational commodity history of the North Atlantic. Sam's future research at York University will focus on whalebone and utilize GIS.

Sam's other public-facing history includes her 2022 StoryMap Piece by Piece: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/277ad26ec4684773b4a657bc18c5a9b9