Raincoast welcomes new team members who have joined our team for the summer!
They will work on a variety of Raincoast initiatives throughout the summer. Learn more about each of them below.
Alex Harris, Communications Manager
Alex is the Communications Manager at Raincoast. Her work involves supporting science communications for Raincoast’s programs including web articles, press, website, social media and storytelling through photography and videography. More about Alex.
New patches support our work to stop trophy hunting
We have raised 52% of our $1.92 million goal to stop commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure. Being our longest running campaign to date, we’ve already purchased five tenures, with the support of our First Nations partners, protecting coastal carnivores in over 38,000 km2 of the Great Bear Rainforest. To get…
Job posting: Research Technician
Applications close May 31, 2023.
Job posting: Summer Stewardship Program Lead
Applications close June 5, 2023.
Despite a green light from Cabinet, Elizabeth May presents petition on Roberts Bank terminal expansion in the House of Commons
Our petition reached 4,239 signatures.
Sign our official petition to tell the federal government to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2
This is a legally binding petition. If we surpass 500 signatures, the petition is required to be presented to Steven Guilbeault in the House of Commons.
Bear tourism instead of bear hunting
Part of the story was featured on From Our Own Correspondence, a BBC podcast.
Raincoast toques and hats are now available!
We are so happy to have our Raincoast hats back in stock. Supply chain issues meant that these hats took much longer to make than we expected, but we were willing to wait because we know these hats are so worth it! Our team wears them in the sun, rain, and snow, which is how…
Meet Chelsea Greer, Raincoast’s Wolf Conservation Program Coordinator
Chelsea Greer joined our team part time in 2020, while completing a master’s degree in Geography, and full time in spring of 2022! Chelsea brings a wealth of experience in animal behaviour, ethics, and conservation science. We posed some questions to her to get to know more about the skills she brings and what drew…
Our new favourite hat
Raincoast hats are truly built for the rain coast with a wax weather-resistant coating that also allows warm weather breathability.
Meet Lance Barrett-Lennard, Senior Research Scientist and Co-Director of Raincoast’s new Cetacean Research Program
Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard is a renowned cetacean researcher who served as a research scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada before starting as senior research scientist and director of the Marine Mammal Research Program at the Coastal Ocean Research Institute (Ocean Wise Conservation Association) in 2001. One of his principal current projects is a study of…
Meet Valeria Vergara, co-Director of Raincoast’s new Cetacean Research Program
We posed some questions to Valeria to get to know her better.