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
Raincoast’s Salmon Run
While sockeye are now entering some of the Fraser River…
Ocean bottle drop expected to reveal mysteries of currents
Calgary Herald By Margaret Munro, Postmedia News October 1, 2010…
The Bear Necessities
by Nick Garbutt, Geographical Magazine BC’s bear populations are intimately…
Help Kyle and the Raincoast Team in our Run for Salmon!
Race day is fast approaching. I’m inching closer and closer…
See you at the ‘fin’ish line!
Raincoast’s Salmon Team is training hard for the Good Life…
Achiever at rest and at work
Check out these images of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever ‘at…
Raincoast at the World Seabird Conference
By Caroline Fox The first ever World Seabird Conference was…
Coin series dedication laudable
Chris Genovali, Letter to the Windsor Star The Canadian Mint…








