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
Learning from the land and each other
Five transformative days filled with immersive learning and healing in…
Marsh restoration projects in the Lower Fraser River; Shaughnessy Street Park
The Fraser River estuary should be a thriving ecosystem for…
Unlocking large-scale killer whale analysis
Understanding how machine learning is profoundly transforming research efficiency and…
The BC government is seeking its second five-year approval to continue killing wolves
Help us tell the government to stop scapegoating wolves and…
BC seeks another five years of wolf killing: Our technical feedback
Raincoast’s submission draws on expertise in large carnivore ecology, animal…
Harvesting immature Chinook salmon can shrink size and reduce future returns
New research highlights the problems of modern fisheries.