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
New research: Determining the sex of whales via environmental DNA samples
Application of environmental DNA beyond species detection for cetaceans.
Episode 14: The journey upstream as a student with Arielle Koenig, Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab
Questions and answers from a current master’s student, research and…
Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards
Immersed in the ecosystems of the Salish Sea, youth from…
Episode 13: Careers in conservation with Jason Hwang, Pacific Salmon Foundation
How to navigate the waters of the environmental job market.
Shared Waters of the Salish Sea
The films and panel at the Vic Theatre in mid…
A window for survival: Act now to protect Chinook and save Southern Residents
A ‘’whale safe” window can help this endangered population.






