Spotlight Story: Raine Playfair from Coast Funds

Say hello to Raine Playfair, Manager of Stewardship Funding at Coast Funds (one of our amazing nonprofit clients)! Raine learned pretty early in life that she enjoys tackling complex problems and wants to contribute to social wellbeing. She has been working at Coast Funds for just over 3 years, where she’s able to blend her passion for community building with local stewardship and conservation.

Coast Funds supports First Nations in achieving their goals for sustainable economic development and conservation management in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii. Its small team serves 27 First Nations, so they’re busy! Raine’s day could include anything from supporting the development of long-term plans and budgets for First Nations stewardship activities, to strategizing ways to secure sustainable finance for stewardship, to chatting about this year’s Oolichan run, to administering funding for projects, to changing the toner in the printer (someone’s gotta do it). It’s an interesting and important time of shifting lands and resource management responsibilities, and Raine is humbled to be in a position to support First Nations’ sovereignty and their visions for the future.

The best advice that Raine has been given is “choose who you want to be, and be it”, and we’re thrilled to see her embody this quote as she collaborates with First Nations to support positive change in coastal communities. We’re excited to see the wonderful outcomes First Nations are creating with financing through Coast Funds! If you want to learn more about Coast Funds, please visit coastfunds.ca.