Meetings

From September through June, TOC members and their guests meet on the second Monday of each month except the first Monday in May and the third Monday in October.

Beginning September 2025, our in-person meetings will be held at Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 1C7.

Directions to Friends House.

2025 MeetingsTop

13 January

Kyle Horner, NatureCounts Engagement Coordinator at Birds Canada

"Virtual Presentation - A Deep Dive into the Sate of Canada's Birds"

10 February

Diana Turchin & Carly Davenport from Bird Friendly City Toronto

"Virtual Presentation - Bird Friendly City Toronto"

10 March

Mark Peck, Ornithologist, Author, Photographer and Retired Collections Specialist in Ornithology at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

"Bird Eggs: A Young Naturalist's Guide"

14 April

Jeremy Bensette, resident expert birder and naturalist in the Point Pelee Birding Area and holder of the 2017 Ontario Birding "Big Year"

"Migration Birding at Point Pelee"

5 May

Dr. Brendon Samuels, Postdoctoral Fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Ecological Design Lab and PhD graduate in Biology from Western University

"Biological Mechanisms and Policy Dimensions of Solutions for Bird Collisions with Buildings"

9 June

JulieAnn Prentice, Piping Plover Field Biologist with Birds Canada

"Piping Plovers: An Ontario Success Story"

8 September

Dr. Gail Fraser, Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University

"Cormorant Dynamics in Toronto's Waterfront"

20 October

Susan Best, President of Trumpeter Swan Conservation Ontario

"Trumpeter Swans and their Success Story in Ontario"