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

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Wolf advocates angry over the inaccurate portrayal of grey wolves…

A group of white birds flying over a body of water.

Northern Gateway slideshows

Join Raincoast and Elizabeth May on Saturday April 21 at…

A humpback whale jumping out of the water.

Proposed Enbridge pipeline threatens humpback whales: DFO

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Peter Devries surfing waves off the west coast of British Columbia. He wears a wetsuit, and in this photo his surfboard is horizontal, jumping above the waves and the seaspray.

Surfin’ Safari

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Caribou conundrum

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A closeup of the dorsal fin of a transient killer whale after satellite tagging. A pair of serious wounds can be seen at the site where the barbs had been sheared off the animal after the whale rejected the tag.

Tagging plan threatens southern resident orcas

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A large ship in the water with mountains in the background.

Loaded dice and slick assessments: The Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

Join Raincoast for a discussion of Enbridge’s highly misleading and…

A closeup of the dorsal fin of a transient killer whale after satellite tagging. A pair of serious wounds can be seen at the site where the barbs had been sheared off the animal after the whale rejected the tag.

Whale tagging: got you, you’re dead!

A plan to tag endangered killer whales that ply both…

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