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 Hill: Working towards protecting 30% of lands and waters by 2030
To ensure that these goals are achieved, the participants of…
Delegating to the Islands Trust: The 30×30 challenge
Forest Conservation Program Director Shauna Doll made a delegation to…
Proposed green waste facility in burnaby axed after public outcry and grassroots organizing
The battle over the location of Burnaby’s Green Recycling and…
Reduced genetic diversity: another challenge facing the Southern Resident killer whales?
As charismatic mega-predators, killer whales have no equal. Historically feared,…
Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 5: Experimental forest restoration methodologies
Together this community of practice has been developing new approaches…
Local engagement: letters to elected representatives can help make change
Raincoast scientists have been engaging in work related to conservation…
Join us for After the Groundswell: film and discussion panel events in Vancouver, Victoria, and Tofino
We invite you to join us in Vancouver, Victoria, or…
Sign our official petition to tell the federal government to reject Roberts Bank Terminal 2
This is a legally binding petition. If we surpass 500…








