TFN volunteers dedicate time and effort in helping to protect nature in Toronto and to furthering TFN’s mission and mandate. As a volunteer-run non-profit organization, TFN couldn’t exist without volunteers!
Browse our current opportunities below or fill in the form to be alerted to new availabilities as they arise.
Note: Stewardship volunteers use this form instead.
For more information, you can watch a panel session on volunteer opportunities with the TFN here.
Current Opportunities
Advocacy
Contact: volunteering@torontofieldnaturalists.org
TFN speaks up for nature at City Hall, through Action blogs and other media, and in consultations led by various levels of government. Mentorship available.
- Help plan and draft action blogs on current issues
- Help draft and present speaking notes at City council meetings
- Represent TFN on multi-stakeholder working groups
Outings Committee
Contact: walks@torontofieldnaturalists.org
The Outings Committee shapes the TFN walks program by scheduling and supporting walk leaders. We need more people on this team!
- Help plan our monthly walks schedule
- Support our volunteer walk leaders
Learn about the Outings Committee and walk leaders in this video.
Lecture Committee
Contact: volunteering@torontofieldnaturalists.org
TFN’s lectures couldn’t happen without the support of a team of volunteers who plan and schedule our amazing speakers.
- Help plan a yearly line-up of guest speakers
- Make friends with people who share your love of nature
- Increase your skills at hosting events
Stewardship
Contact: complete our volunteer form
Our volunteers plant trees, cast seeds, pull invasives, monitor wildlife, identify plants, maintain trails, pick-up garbage, and so much more! We’re always looking for volunteers of all interests and experience levels.
Walk Leaders
Contact: walks@torontofieldnaturalists.org
Do you know a natural area that others might enjoy? Do you have a passion for nature that you want to share? Help connect people with nature by leading a walk. Training is provided!
- Share and grow your nature knowledge
- Be an inspiration to learning naturalists
- Make friends with people who share your love of nature
Junior Naturalists
Contact: juniortfn@torontofieldnaturalists.org
Join the team which plans and delivers programming for the TFN Junior Naturalists. Help mentor and educate youth in nature knowledge and stewardship.
- Encourage the next generation of naturalists
- Help parents instil a love of nature in their children
- Meet families from all different backgrounds
Social Media
Contact: volunteering@torontofieldnaturalists.org
Join the Social Media team and help manage social media accounts or create content for our accounts like illustrations, awareness campaigns, video and more! Surely you can do better than the image we have here!
Website
Contact: webmaster@torontofieldnaturalists.org
Join the TFN Digital team. We have a number of roles depending on your level of expertise. Some of them are listed below.
- Update webpages using WordPress
- Help maintain the back-end of our websites
- Regulate our WooCommerse transactions