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.
February Lecture: How Can Science and Photography Work Together to Advance Conservation in Canada?Date: Feb 01, 2026 @ 14:30Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM via Zoom for our February lecture. Despite advances in technology, communication, and science, major conservation goals remain unmet and endangered Read More
March Lecture: The Wild is Calling – Reconnecting to Nature, Right Where We LiveDate: Mar 03, 2026 @ 19:00Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 7:00 pm for our March lecture. In this lecture, Dr. Nadina Galle explores three vital forms of connection we must restore in Read More
April Lecture: Your Lawn Is a Battlefield – The Fascinating World of Ant Diversity, Ecology, and BehaviourDate: Apr 07, 2026 @ 19:00Meeting Location: Zoom Meeting - Join us on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 7:00 pm for our April lecture. Wars, espionage, animal husbandry, even air conditioning! Ants are eerily similar to us in many fascinating 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