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

The cover of the journal of wildlife diseases.

Canine parvovirus and distemper virus in Rocky Mtn wolves

The presence of antibodies for canine parvovirus and distemper virus…

A black bear cub is standing in the woods.

Skinny bear cubs baffle experts

By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist January 6, 2011 Underweight bear…

Close up of a grizzly with a salmon in its mouth

Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlife

As last year’s returning wild Pacific salmon headed upstream, scientists…

A man is holding a baby in front of a window.

Tracking Raincoast into 2011

December 2010 By Chris Darimont, Director of Science for Raincoast…

3 smiling trophy hunters kneel behind the dead grizzly they have killed.

Protecting bears by buying hunting rights

Raincoast now has a purchase agreement for a second commercial…

Oil tanker in BC waters

Smooth Sailing for Oil Tankers?

CounterPunch Christmas Weekend Edition December 24-26, 2010 By Chris Genovali…

Oil tanker in BC waters

Pipeline proponents see smooth sailing

Gulf Islands Driftwood Published: December 22, 2010 By Chris Genovali…

A group of orca whales swimming in the ocean.

Ruling demands DFO do more for orcas

By Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood Published: December 15,…

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