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
Getting a taste of what marine mammals deal with everyday
For Southern Residents, hearing each other can be a matter…
No buffer left: Southern Residents face too many threats
Too little food. Too much noise. Too much pollution. Ship…
Why Canada needs SARA’s jeopardy test
The jeopardy test is a legal line: a project cannot…
Herring eggs can’t get away from disaster
Don’t build new risks into herring’s nursery. Robert’s Bank Terminal…
Conservation should be viewed as an economic opportunity rather than simply an environmental expense
Raincoast’s newest program, Living Economies, will advance job creation, conservation…
Elders for old-growth
Celebrating the people who have created a legacy of speaking…