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
Join us for a webinar about our Safeguarding Coastal Carnivores campaign
In this bonus episode of Wolf School, we will go…
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Protect and connect
Connectivity is vitally important at all sorts of scales over…
Saving animal lives and supporting a conservation-based economy
We are 85% of the way to our goal to…
The wonders of a Fraser River tributary
Delving into the realms of endangered Chinook salmon surveys and…
Fish passage through our habitat restoration projects in the Lower Fraser River and Estuary
We have created a new map to show the success…
Photographers are coming together to support our work
Canadian Conservation has organized an auction that will run until…
We are almost there! Help us permanently protect bears and wolves
Our goal is to raise $305,800 by December 15.
Construction starts this week!
This week, we are starting the construction of a second…








