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
Our Salmon Runners are hitting the streets
This Thanksgiving weekend, Raincoast’s team of Salmon Runners will be…
Report shows Fraser River sockeye salmon stocks in poor health
Fraser sockeye populations are in more trouble than previously thought…
The CV for the SV Achiever
Seaside Times October 2011 Achiever is our coast guard certified…
The Yearly Run
Fall is here and the Victoria Marathon is fast approaching.…
Wolves, caribou, tar sands and Canada’s oily ethics
Canada’s proposed strategy to recover dwindling populations of boreal forest…
Caribou recovery plan near oilsands may target wolves
Thousands of wolves stand to be killed in Alberta as…
Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands business
Paul Paquet Guardian.co.uk September 17 2011 In Canada, wolves are…
BC’s open season on wolves – September news stories
News stories from the week of September 10, 2011 on…






