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.

samantha [dot] walker [at] raincoast [dot] org

Samantha Walker wears a toque in the snow and smiles.

Recent articles

A group of people standing on the deck of a sailboat.

Surfer Chris Malloy on the making of Groundswell

Outside Magazine Online Chris Malloy, who, along with a team…

An oil pipeline stretches through a clear cut forest

Pipeline spill would put 34 parks at risk

Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist Dozens of parks and protected areas…

Heavy equipment lays an oil pipe in the ground

Researchers map risks posed by Northern Gateway pipeline to BC parks

The Tyee By Adam Pez April 24, 2012 A Canadian-based…

Two brown bears playing in the water.

Protecting wildlife can sustain our future, too

Times Colonist Raincoast says despite the knowledge that many species…

A man in a yellow shirt sitting on a boat.

Earth Day event for the love of coastlines

Peninsula News Review April 20, 2012 By Arnold Lim After…

Grizzly wades through water with salmon in its mouth

The bear necessities of the salmon fishery

Vancouver Sun As Earth Day approaches on Sunday our thoughts…

Using grizzly bears to access harvest ecosystems in salmon habitats.

Using grizzlies to assess harvest-ecosystem trade-offs in salmon fisheries

Researchers at Raincoast and UC-Santa Cruz investigate how letting more…

Earth day poster with two people and an oil - free coast.

Sidney Northern Gateway Slideshow

Saturday April 21 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Mary Winspear…

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