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
Many hands make light work
Ecological restoration powered by steadfast volunteers.
Clues to help you tell Southern Resident and Bigg’s (transient) killer whales apart
Raincoast CSI: Cetacean Species Identification.
Empowering youth in environmental action
Raincoast and Take a Stand: Youth for Conservation launch another…
This isn’t a conference, it’s The Confluence
How many colleagues do you know purely by their email…
New research aims to bring underwater noise’s true impact on killer whales into focus
Extended periods of time at sea are necessary to collect…
BC bookstores come together to support conservation education for youth
How little gifts from the community strengthen our programs.