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

A fishing boat in the ocean with mountains in the background.

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A grizzly bear with a fish in its mouth.

Chum salmon discards in the Great Bear Rainforest

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An oil tanker at rest off the BC coast.

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Heavy equipment lays an oil pipe in the ground

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Two men are kneeling down in the woods.

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By Anne Casselman, Scientific American For the Heiltsuk First Nation,…

The cover of national geographic with a bear in a tree.

Special National Geographic Feature on the land of the Spirit Bear

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A brown bear is swimming in the water.

What it’s like to report in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest

Guest Blog by Anne Casselman at Scientific American. I land…

Close up of a grizzly with a salmon in its mouth

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By Anne Casselman, Scientific American Poor salmon runs along British…

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