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
Monitoring gaps endanger salmon runs: study
Lack of accurate stock information leads to overfishing, scientists say…
Overfishing pushing salmon stocks near collapse, study warns
MARK HUME Globe and Mail December 3, 2008 VANCOUVER –…
Ghost Runs: Management and status assessment of Pacific salmon returning to British Columbia’s central and north coasts
Price, M.H.H., C.T. Darimont, N.F. Temple, and S.M. MacDuffee. 2008.…
Faecal-centric approaches to wildlife ecology and conservation
Darimont, C.T., T.E. Reimchen, H. Bryan, and P.C. Paquet. 2008.…
Pumping offshore oil and gas
BC Business Examiner – Vancouver Island Edition Letters December 01,…
Silent Fall
Monday Magazine The silence along the river was almost deafening.…
Spawning salmon disrupt tight trophic coupling between wolves and ungulate prey in coastal British Columbia
Darimont, C.T., P.C. Paquet, and T.E. Reimchen. 2008. Spawning salmon…
Howling with happiness for Alberta’s wolves
Calgary Herald Editorial Tuesday, October 28, 2008 It’s always heartening…


