Lectures

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 Toronto’s Ravine Strategy, Wetland Restoration And Management In Canada’s Largest City: 30 Years Of Lessons Learned And Adaptive Management, Mitigating Climate Change: What Households Can Do, and The Don Mouth, Renaturalized. 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.

November Lecture: The Fascinating World of RaptorsDate: Nov 03, 2024 @ 14:30Meeting Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85730069272?pwd=hpPyhJeqggDDRFYbfXg2tFYOqTM0uL.1 Meeting ID: 857 3006 9272 Passcode: 025410 - Join us on Sunday, November 3rd at 2:30 pm for our November lecture titled “The Fascinating World of Raptors” with Catherine Manschot, Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch Committee. Since retiring from teaching Read More

December Lecture: The Naturalists Next Door: Hamilton Naturalists ClubDate: Dec 01, 2024 @ 14:30Meeting Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87363942114?pwd=wS8YGmDbEioD3G3tT47315fLHEKJN - Join us on Sunday, December 1st at 2:30 pm for our December lecture. Sunday, Dec. 1st, 2024 2:30 pm, via Zoom  The Naturalists Next Door: Hamilton Naturalists Club Come join Read More

February Lecture: Toronto Zoo – Blanding’s Turtle Restoration ProgramDate: Feb 02, 2025 @ 14:30Meeting Location: Via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87999673897?pwd=e91MkpYoDnuuUNfy9lB2tk4ISYyHwd.1 - Join us on February 2nd, 2025 at 2:30 pm for our February lecture: Toronto Zoo – Blanding’s Turtle Restoration Program. The Toronto Zoo will provide an overview of their Blanding’s Read More

Rouge Valley in 2014 March Lecture: Ticks in OntarioDate: Oct 18, 2024 @ 10:00Meeting Location: - Join us on Sunday, March 2nd, 2025 at 2:30 pm for our March lecture: Ticks in Ontario with Dr. Andrew Peregrine, who is a veterinarian and clinical parasitologist at the Read More