Chris Genovali
Executive Director
As Executive Director of Raincoast for over two decades, Chris Genovali leads Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s programs to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Chris received a Conservation Leadership Award in 2015 from the Wilburforce Foundation.
He is a prolific writer, with articles, op-eds and features on Canadian wildlife, habitat and forest conservation issues widely published in Canada and internationally, including the Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Seattle PI and Guardian UK. He was a contributor to Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, activism, and the quest for common ground published in 2015, and Wild Foresting: Practicing Nature’s Wisdom published in 2008. Chris has also appeared as a spokesperson on various radio and television outlets such as CBC’s ‘As It Happens’, CBC ‘Newsworld’, US National Public Radio, Global TV, CTV, CKNW, BBC radio and Public Radio International.
Recent articles
A new tee collaboration inspired by the wild coast: Nikki McClure x Raincoast x Anian
Wear what you stand for.
The Fraser River Estuary: A global biodiversity hotspot
Where the Fraser River meets the sea, an extraordinary web…
What is conservation finance?
A brief introduction to the field of conservation finance, and…
The Fraser River Estuary: A vital salmon nursery under pressure
Fraser River salmon cannot afford to lose any more of…
Letter in Science challenges Alberta’s ill-advised black bear hunting policy
Scientists question the evidence behind Alberta’s approach to “responsible wildlife…
Through the lens: Celebrating the coastal grey wolf and Canada Post’s wolf stamp
Photographer Michelle Valberg shares the story behind the image.