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

An oil pipeline stretches through a clear cut forest

‘Foreign radicals’ within our midst

The PMO issued a warning Friday night about “foreign radicals”…

The tail of an orca whale is shown in the water.

Raincoast objects to US plan to dart killer whales

Radio interview with Raincoast’s Misty MacDuffee about a US plan…

Closeup of the face of a gray wolf

The Grey: A pack of lies

Negative myths perpetuated in the new Hollywood movie are contrary…

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.

Surfer’s documentary speaks for sea life

Raincoast film highlights world class surfers speaking for BC’s marine…

The tail of an orca whale is shown in the water.

Raincoast: Unilateral tagging plan by US threatens killer whales

A US plan to tag the endangered southern resident killer…

A man in a wetsuit riding a wave.

Groundswell: The Film Trailer

Groundswell: a surf film by Raincoast and Patagonia about the…

A group of salmon swimming in a river.

Alaskan Salmon Fishery Drops Eco-Certification, BC Groups Take Credit

By Joan Delaney Epoch Times Last week, Watershed Watch along…

A group of salmon swimming in a river.

B.C.’s wild salmon threatened by Alaskan practices – conservation groups

By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun Raincoast Conservation, SkeenaWild and Watershed…

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