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
Gathering Coastal Voices Festival
This weekend, May 20-22, members of the Heiltsuk community in…
First day of fieldwork for the Bear Scene Investigation (BSI) team
After an almost 24-hour trip from Victoria to Bella Bella…
The cruelest month for British Columbia’s coastal carnivores
For large carnivores in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest April…
Marine Debris in BC Coastal Waters
Researchers from Raincoast, the University of St. Andrews, Oceans Initiative…
Canada’s tar sands: bringing pipelines, tankers and climate disruption to an ecosystem near you
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project invites the world’s largest supertankers and dirtiest…
The Will of the Land
Peter Dettling’s new book “The Will of the Land” takes…
‘Welfare of wolves’ goes to International Canine conference
As part of the International Conference on Canines in Germany…
Wildlife Part of the Pipeline Equation, Too
Island Tides April 7-April 20, 2011 The notion that animal…








