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
Episode 2: Wolf social behaviour with Jane Packard
In our second Of Wolves and Women episode, Jane Packard…
A mother’s grief, a population on the brink
This population is on a trajectory to extinction. But trajectories…
Give your input to DFO on vessel management to protect Southern Residents
Input on recovery of Southern Resident killer whales and potential…
Episode 1: Gray wolf recovery with Diane Boyd
In our inaugural Of Wolves and Women episode, Diane Boyd…
Habitat restoration occurring in the Woods Island Marsh in the Fraser River Estuary
We are restoring marsh habitats to improve conditions for juvenile…
Job posting: Salmon Conservation Technician
The deadline to apply is February 14, 2025.