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
Pender Island Big Tree Blitz
Join Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy for a morning…
Photography and conservation can go hand in hand
Long time Raincoast backers and photographers, Eric and Lynn Sambol…
Job Posting: Summer Deckhand / Research Assistant
Applications close July 21, 2023.
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about owls
As the worst fire season in Canadian historyーdriven by climate…
Letter in Science identifies the contradiction between protecting economic growth and biodiversity in Canada’s Fraser River Estuary
The letter, asking whether Canada will permit killer whale extinction,…
A ‘supersized’ ecological niche for humans
New research examining the ecological niche of humans shows that…
Meet Suzie Hall, Raincoast’s new NoiseTracker Technician
Suzie Hall has joined our Cetacean Conservation Research team to…
We supported the US District Court decision to halt the Southeast Alaska troll fishery, but the US appeal court did not
Last week, Raincoast sent a letter in support of the…








