Samantha Kaine is a Jamaican-Canadian award-winning independent film and television producer whose two decades of creative leadership in screen-based storytelling have anchored nearly fifteen years of governance, policy, and coalition-building work advancing race relations and AREDIA (Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) across Canada’s cultural sector. She works at the intersection of creative practice and institutional change, building coalitions across Black, racialized, and Afro-Indigenous communities and translating industry insight into a durable ecosystem of policy, programs, and ownership pathways, anchored by the accelerator platform she built for Black producers and creators.

She is the Founder and CEO of IMPACT (Independent Media Producers Association of Creative Talent), a federally incorporated, national non-profit organization established in 2020 to address anti-Black racism, anti-Black hate, and systemic barriers in Canada’s screen-based industries and build the infrastructure Black producers need to own, lead, and scale. IMPACT’s work spans leadership development, business training, market access, and responsible AI integration, equipping Black producers and creators to compete on national and global markets.

Samantha serves as a director on the boards of the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDCE), where she sits on the AI Committee, and the English Language Arts Network (ELAN), where she contributes to the EDI Advocacy and Governance committees. She previously served on the board of theCanadian Independent Screen Fund (CISF) for just over 3 years. Her policy and program work has included advocacy to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, program design with the Canada Media Fund, two years of committee service with Telefilm Canada, and partnerships with the Indigenous Screen Office, BIPOC TV & Film, OYA Black Arts Coalition and Creatives Empowered.

She recently completed the Applied Graduate Certificate in AI and Analytics for Leaders from Schulich ExecED at the Schulich School of Business, York, University, building on prior executive education at McGill University, where she completed the Mini-MBA Cycle (Executive Development) in 2022. Together these credentials deepen her capacity to lead at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cultural policy, and economic inclusion. A native English speaker with working proficiency in French, she brings fiduciary discipline, cultural humility, and a record of turning lived experience into durable institutional change.