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, The Don Mouth, Renaturalized, The Fascinating World of Raptors, Toronto Zoo, Blanding’s Turtles Restoration Program, and Ticks in Ontario. 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.
September Lecture: Aquatic Ecosystem Changes: Impact of the Don Mouth Naturalization ProjectDate: Sep 07, 2025 @ 14:30Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Sunday, September 7th at 2:30 PM via Zoom for our September Lecture. Zoom details below. Speaker: Brynn Coey (she/her) Brynn Coey joined TRCA’s Aquatic Monitoring and Management Read More
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 MoreUpcoming Lectures
Please mark your calendar for upcoming TFN Lectures for fall 2025: details to come – watch this page.
Friends of the Spit: 40+ years of advocacy – Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:00 pm
Glaciers and Sea Ice: Trends for Canada’s north – Sunday, Nov. 2nd, 2:30 pm
Beavers: Engineering Their Way to Biodiversity – Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:30 pm