Jim Samuelson has been a letter carrier with Canada Post for the past eleven years, is a proud union musician and produces/hosts “The Silver Bullet Podcast” to educate Canada Post workers about postie news and the union movement in Canada and globally. He is a shop steward with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Jim is proud to say he has delivered the mail to many current members of parliament from Calgary.

Prior to working for Canada Post, Jim was the CEO of Bignote Entertainment, a booking agent for folk music, small theatre shows, and other performers across North America and Australia. Jim was also the owner of Bignote Records and Bignote Music, a music store here in Calgary. Passionate about music and bringing people together, Jim can often be found playing union songs at strike lines, protests, and elsewhere, and has been creating community through weekly Hawaiian style ukulele jam sessions since 2009.

Jim is a second-generation Calgarian who has raised four children here in Calgary Crowfoot

with his wonderful wife, Stanis. Jim grew up in Briar Hill and attended public schools in the area. His family has held season tickets for the Stampeders since 1959. Since Jim's father passed in 2012, Jim takes his youngest son to every football game, sitting proudly in his father's seat.