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
Episode 12: Enriching relationships with watersheds and people, with Redd Fish Restoration Society’s Jessica Hutchinson
How process restoration is banishing band-aid solutions (and commitment issues).
Together, let’s rewrite the story of wolves in BC
Protecting wolves is about more than one species – it’s…
What is a watershed?
How can we use the movement of water through the…
Help us keep our programs moving forward, uninterrupted
Why monthly giving is crucial for long-term conservation success.
Episode 11: Communicating the “why care?”, the importance of listening and community empowerment with Tom Rutherford
“My theory is there’s not enough of us who are…
A legacy of respect: Jane Goodall and my work with whales
The importance of keeping empathy at the heart of science.
Mapping and restoring thermal refuges in the Nicola watershed
Thermal refuges are sites within a stream that are significantly…
Episode 10: How crises lead to connection with Murray Ned, Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
What can we learn from the perseverance of salmon?








