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. 

chris [at] raincoast [dot] org

Chris Genovali, executive director of Raincoast Conservation Foundation.

Recent articles

Map of all locations where species-positive killer whale (Orcinus orca; n = 56) and humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae; n = 18) flukeprint samples were collected across British Columbia (Canada). Map of wider British Columbia (left) indicates the two study sites: North coast (pink; top right) and south coast (orange; bottom right). Inset map (top left) shows both study sites (red) in relation to the North American continent. All samples were collected under Fisheries and Oceans Canada Marine Mammal License 18 (MML18).

New research: Determining the sex of whales via environmental DNA samples

Application of environmental DNA beyond species detection for cetaceans.

Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards

Engaging the next generation of land healing stewards

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Jason Hwang stands in front of the water wearing his Pacific Salmon Foundation jacket, smiling widely without his glasses.

Episode 13: Careers in conservation with Jason Hwang, Pacific Salmon Foundation

How to navigate the waters of the environmental job market.

Close up of tiny orange fish eggs showing their eyes and some hatched eggs underwater.

Shared Waters of the Salish Sea

The films and panel at the Vic Theatre in mid…

Southern Resident killer whales swim just slightly under the water, as seen from land and looking stunning in formation under the water.

A window for survival: Act now to protect Chinook and save Southern Residents

A ‘’whale safe” window can help this endangered population.

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