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 New Discoveries in Bird Migration (Dr. Bridget Stutchbury), The Secret Lives and Superpowers of Spiders (Catherine Scott), Toronto’s Water, Energy and Waste Systems (Mariko Uda), and Salamander-Eating Pitcher Plants (Patrick Moldowan).
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.
TFN LECTURES WILL BE ONLINE ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR
Free Lecture: The Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre’s Fieldwork ProgramDate: Apr 02, 2023 @ 14:30Meeting Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86244189748?pwd=bFpDa21GVURyNk5PTUZjWi9sT1drQT09 - April DeJong, Research Coordinator at the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (OTCC) will cover the scope of their field work program, including radio telemetry, notching, and headstarting juvenile Blanding’s turtles! Additionally, April will spend time exploring scientific papers the OTCC has published, driven by data collected from their field studies. April is a graduate of Fleming Read MoreUpcoming Lectures
May 7, 2023 at 2:30 pm (Zoom only)
Underground Invaders: Centuries of non-native earthworms and New “Jumping Worms”
Dr. Michael McTavish, Postdoctoral Researcher, U. of T.