Each year TFN offers its members eight free Zoom talks by noted experts, exploring everything from nature in the city to global environmental issues. Recent lectures have included The Fascinating World of Raptors, Toronto Zoo, Blanding’s Turtles Restoration Program, Ticks in Ontario, Toronto’s Prescribed Grazing Project, and Aquatic Ecosystem Changes: Impact of the Don Mouth Naturalization Project. For more recordings of our past lectures, please visit our lectures playlist on YouTube.
Talks are presented Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm, from September to May with audience discussion time. Visitors are always welcome and no admission fee is charged. Members can also access Zoom links for upcoming talks on the “For Members” web page, where recordings of past lectures are also available.
October Lecture: The Leslie Street Spit – Toronto‘s Accidental Wilderness – NOT by Accident!Date: Oct 07, 2025 @ 19:00Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Tuesday, October 7th at 7 pm via Zoom for our October Lecture. Zoom details below. Since 1977, Friends of The Spit has been advocating that the entire Read More
November Lecture: Changing Canadian lcescapesDate: Nov 2, 2025 @ 14:30Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Sunday, November 2nd at 2:30 pm via Zoom for our November Lecture. Zoom details below. It is difficult to avoid ice in Canada! In addition to ice Read More
December Lecture: Beavers: Engineering Their Way to BiodiversityDate: Dec 07, 2025 @ 14:30Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM via Zoom for our December lecture. Zoom details below. Beavers catch people’s attention. Ponds created behind a beaver dam host Read MoreUpcoming Lectures
Please mark your calendar for upcoming TFN Lectures for 2025: details to come – watch this page.
Beavers: Engineering Their Way to Biodiversity – Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:30 pm