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
The not-so-silent world: monitoring underwater noise using non invasive techniques
Celebrating the application of Passive Acoustic Monitoring around the world.
New patches support our work to stop trophy hunting
We have raised 52% of our $1.92 million goal to…
Job posting: Summer Stewardship Program Assistant
Applications close June 19, 2023.
Reach out to your MLA about the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has been given federal approval…
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Classifying place
In this article, Del Meidinger who led the development of…
Job posting: Salmon restoration Conservation Technician
Applications close June 2, 2023.
We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2
The Canadian government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2 violates…
Ottawa greenlights megaport project, furthering extinction trajectory of endangered killer whales
In approving Terminal 2, the federal government has seemingly ignored the…








