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
The Magic of Hecate Strait
There are some places in this world that can expand…
Creature of the Coast
Fifteen-month old Callum is a creature of the coast. He…
Seeing is Believing
A personal understanding of the places we are trying to…
The Secret Life of Salmon
With each step my foot sinks into a thick mat…
A critical assessment of the BC Central Coast Land & Resource Management Plan
This report is a critical assessment of protection for key…
Scientific Criteria for Evaluation and Establishment of Grizzly Bear Management Areas (2004)
Grizzly Bear Management Areas (GBMAs) have been a focal part…