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

Pink salmon swimming upstream

GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon

Raincoast is an Official Pledge Charity of the 2011 GoodLife…

A grizzly bear with a fish in its mouth.

Chum bycatch discarding denies grizzly bears their quota

The Northern View Grizzlies face a myriad of threats, from…

A wolf lies in the grass, blending into the background

B.C. wolf hunt raises hackles

By Dene Moore The Canadian Press The BC government lifted…

A grizzly bear with a fish in its mouth.

By–catch deprives bears

Island Tides The bycatch of chum in BC’s pink salmon…

A small fish swimming in a glass of water.

Four scientists share view sea lice didn’t cause collapse of sockeye salmon stocks

Mark Hume, Globe and Mail Raincoast biologist Mike Price on…

Three wolves running in the snow

BC’s 0pen season on wolves: ranchers relieved but critics rankled by suspect science

The Huffington Post Province gives go ahead on open season…

Juvenile sockeye infected with sea lice as they migrate past fish farms in the Discovery Islands

Cohen to hear whether sea lice are impacting Fraser sockeye

Media Release: September 2, 2011 A Raincoast scientist is scheduled…

Close up of the face of a cougar

Challenging terrain biggest hurdle in cougar hunt, tracker says

By Cindy E. Harnett, Times Colonist August 31, 2011 Monday’s…

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