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
Black bears prefer waterfront
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist December 18, 2010 Remote waterfront…
Journal Watch: Let them run
“Ask not what a park can do for spawning salmon.…
Message in a bottle
As part of an effort to understand ocean currents, and…
Patagonia: Raincoast Conservation Foundation Working on Ways to Share the Wealth
Raincoast Science Director Chris Darimont has a feature article posted…
Legal Victory for resident Killer Whales
A precedent setting legal victory that forces the Canadian federal government to…
B.C.’s killer whales, at-risk species score victory in landmark court case
By Suzanne Fournier, The Province December 8, 2010 A conservation…
Feds failing to protect killer whale habitat, court rules
By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News Published: December 07,…
Judge: Ottawa isn’t protecting whales
Eco-activists hail it as landmark ruling; DFO changes expected By…







