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
Women-led forest conservation
Celebrating women in science – a new series by Raincoast.
The Pacific herring spawn aboard Achiever
Connecting cultures with our flagship vessel.
Monitoring on the edge: tracking Southern Residents from a Pender Island bluff
Three years observing whales in a vessel-free zone.
A noisier Salish Sea: New research and a public education hub document the acoustic crisis facing Southern Resident killer whales
New findings from Boundary Pass show the underwater soundscape is…
When will Ottawa act to remove salmon-killing chemical from vehicle tires?
The harm caused by 6PPD in tires on the road…
Many hands make light work
Ecological restoration powered by steadfast volunteers.