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
Pipeline proposal could triple oil tanker trips
By Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood Published: August 31,…
Hungry grizzlies enticed into giving away secrets
Members of Heiltsuk First Nation have set up bear hair…
Animal welfare in the wild
By Chris Darimont Owing to Raincoast’s leadership in using exclusively…
The World of Wolves
New perspectives on ecology, behavior and management Raincoast Senior Scientist…
The whales, the minister, and MacDuffee
FOCUS online By Briony Penn Taking on the federal fisheries…
Conservationists slam DFO for chum impacts in commercial fishery
Three BC salmon conservation groups are concerned that 1.37 million…
Conservationists point finger at DFO over thrown back chum salmon
By Alan S. Hale – The Northern View August 18,…
‘Verified’ livestock losses in decline as province adopts open-season policy on wolves
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun Paul Paquet, senior scientist for Raincoast,…







