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 12: Enriching relationships with watersheds and people, with Redd Fish Restoration Society’s Jessica Hutchinson
How process restoration is banishing band-aid solutions (and commitment issues).
Together, let’s rewrite the story of wolves in BC
Protecting wolves is about more than one species – it’s…
What is a watershed?
How can we use the movement of water through the…
Help us keep our programs moving forward, uninterrupted
Why monthly giving is crucial for long-term conservation success.
Episode 11: Communicating the “why care?”, the importance of listening and community empowerment with Tom Rutherford
“My theory is there’s not enough of us who are…
A legacy of respect: Jane Goodall and my work with whales
The importance of keeping empathy at the heart of science.