Samantha Walker
Community Engagement Specialist
Samantha holds a Fundraising Management Certificate from Durham College and has volunteered with numerous arts and animal-welfare nonprofit organizations. With a background in the music industry, she brings experience in creative marketing and special events, offering a fresh perspective on fundraising strategy – particularly in areas that emphasize community engagement and connection.
Before formally joining Raincoast, Samantha assisted the development team as a volunteer by identifying new funding opportunities. She now supports the organization’s public outreach initiatives, campaigns, partnership building efforts, and grant coordination.
Having spent her childhood on Vancouver Island, Samantha is thrilled to support Raincoast’s mission to protect the environment, cultures, and communities she has long admired and cherished.
Recent articles
A year of ship support around the coast
Film shoots, never-been-done-before research, youth trips, and more.
What it will take to recover the Southern Resident killer whales
Raincoast brought together 31 international scientists to create a roadmap…
Listening to protect
Our ongoing projects allow us to hear cetacean vocalizations in…
“Smile, you’re on a wildlife camera!” on Haíɫzaqv territory
Working to better understand how variables such as forest age…
Chinook salmon are getting smaller – and one explanation is uncomfortably familiar
Honey, I shrunk the Chinook.
The need for renewed federal commitment to The Wild Salmon Policy
New paper evaluates both the enduring relevance of the Wild…
30 years in the Great Bear Rainforest
How Haíɫzaqv principles and ongoing research will guide our future.
Canada’s Policy for the Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon
A framework for safeguarding salmon diversity and resilience.