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
Notes from the Field: Establishing a wildlife camera network in Heiltsuk Territory
In partnership with the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, we…
All about Raincoast’s Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program
Our education program has been busy engaging youth from across…
Large diversity in new keystones list challenges predominant belief
A team of scientists reveals a wide diversity of the…
Biosolids pose a threat to healthy waters
Biosolids are nutrient rich, organic solid or semi-solid materials recovered…
Wolves, whales, and elephants: animal personalities, culture, and conservation
How studying animal culture can inform conservation.
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: So much more than just forests
Ecological communities around the Salish Sea range from iconic conifer-dominated…
Fire risk reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone
Introducing a new practitioner’s report focused on reducing fire risk…
The rights of the river: could granting legal personhood for the Fraser River estuary spur its protection?
In New Zealand and Quebec, communities have successfully pushed for…