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
Help us build our new mobile lab, Tracker
Tracker will serve as the new mobile water pollution monitoring…
Construction is almost complete on our second breach in the North Arm jetty
We are nearing the completion of construction of our second…
What happened to Canada’s plastic ban?
Canadians – and our oceans – need robust protection from…
Launching our 10-year, place-based conservation science initiative on the Sunshine Coast
We are set to begin tracking water pollution and underwater…
Garry oak and Camas meadows: Replenishing the landscape
Everybody plays a part in learning the lessons.
5% to go: Donation matching is on!
A generous donor has offered to help get us over…
Following in the footsteps of wild wolves
As winter fast approaches, biologist Chelsea Greer reminisces on the…
Preliminary study of water quality in streams discharging into Fulford Harbour raise questions about land-based pollution
The key to restoring and protecting aquatic environments for people…







