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
Is BC’s chum fishery sustainable?
Raincoast and three other BC ENGO’s have critiqued the proposal…
Artists for an oil-free coast
50 artists- some of Canada’s most celebrated and many who…
Coast oil spill will be ‘catastrophic’
Oceanside Star By Pamela Suzanne Smyth It’s not if but…
Gambling BC’s parks for a pipeline payoff?
Scientists from Raincoast and the Universities of Victoria and Calgary…
Oil & Water: waves, wilderness and big oil intersect in GBR
We left Vancouver Island’s rugged shore and steamed north toward…
Tar sands pipelines and oil tankers threaten North American wildlife
Raincoast’s Paul Paquet and Chris Genovali authored the cover story…
Earth Day presentation on YouTube
Raincoast’s Brian Falconer was one of the featured speakers at…
Salmon farms as a source of sea lice: Raincoast responds
Raincoast biologist responds to DFO on the impact of salmon…








