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
Activists outraged by portrayal of wolves in The Grey
Wolf advocates angry over the inaccurate portrayal of grey wolves…
Northern Gateway slideshows
Join Raincoast and Elizabeth May on Saturday April 21 at…
Proposed Enbridge pipeline threatens humpback whales: DFO
By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News The proposed Northern Gateway…
Surfin’ Safari
Dr. Chris Darimont takes to the surf, with allies, to…
Caribou conundrum
Raincoast says wolves are being scapegoated to protect caribou instead…
Tagging plan threatens southern resident orcas
Island Tides By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali Raincoast contends…
Loaded dice and slick assessments: The Enbridge Northern Gateway Project
Join Raincoast for a discussion of Enbridge’s highly misleading and…
Whale tagging: got you, you’re dead!
A plan to tag endangered killer whales that ply both…






