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
Mark Hobson
Trained as a biologist, Mark taught high school science before…
Roy Henry Vickers
Canadian artist Roy Henry Vickers is a world-renowned printmaker, painter,…
Film Trailer: Art for an Oil-Free Coast
This past summer, fifty of BC’s most celebrated artists picked…
Animal welfare goes wild
Increasingly, Raincoast is articulating the need for an animal welfare…
Conservation group buys hunting rights
by Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist A group adamantly opposed to…
Raincoast secures ‘Spirit Bear’ trophy hunting territory
On the heels of coastal First Nations’ declaration opposing the…
Raincoast purchases another hunting territory
‘Spirit Bear’ hunting territory now secured By Chris Genovali,…
Mae Moore
Known mostly for her music, Mae Moore writes songs that…