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
Sharing our plans for our future mobile lab
We are thrilled to share the design plan for Tracker…
Wolf Stories: Animal welfare and the evolution of animal ethics
In this article, we’ve interviewed David Fraser (C.M., Ph.D.), a…
Guide government actions on Southern Resident killer whale recovery: Take the federal survey before February 12, 2024
This federal survey will take around 20 minutes.
Letter in Science states that Canada’s wolf cull subsidizes industry
British Columbia must reevaluate its caribou habitat protection policies and…
Using poop to identify individual killer whales
DNA can answer many questions about a killer whale’s health…
“I say potato, you say potahto”: Geographic variation in contact calls of Canadian beluga whales
A new study identifies variation in the structure of contact…
Meet Amy Rowley, Raincoast’s new Cetacean Research Scientist
Amy has joined Raincoast’s Cetacean Conservation Research team as a…
Job posting: Salmon Conservation Technician
Applications close February 7th, 2024.







