Blog posts
Staff Feature – Scarborough Waterfront Project
Blog January 21, 2022 David Todd
The Scarborough Bluffs are an iconic natural wonder. Towering above Toronto’s Lake Ontario waterfront, they offer a strikingly beautiful shoreline and natural greenspaces, and support increasingly rare habitats for a …
TRCA Biologists Share Their 2021 Biodiversity Field Finds!
Blog January 19, 2022 David Todd
Every year TRCA monitoring biologists head out into the field to survey the plants and wildlife living in our regional forests, wetlands, and meadows. In this article, we share the …
Staff Feature – Nursery Staff
Blog December 17, 2021 David Todd
Whether you are looking for plants for your restoration project, require some bioengineering material to help stabilize your rock buttress, or just have some general questions regarding plants to help …
Staff Feature – Enforcement and Compliance Team
Blog December 14, 2021 David Todd
What do you really do? is often the question asked of the TRCA Enforcement and Compliance team. For starters, Enforcement Officers are designated through a process established by the Province …
Temperature Check: Using Thermal Imagery to Assess Forest Health
Blog December 9, 2021 David Todd
Jonas Hamberg, Ph. D., is using thermal imaging from drones and satellites to research the health of Toronto regional forests over the next two years. For example, a tree that is stressed …
International GIS Day
Blog November 17, 2021 Daniela Macleod
Happy GIS Day!! Today is the international celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data to help us make better decisions …
Staff Feature – Contract Administration, Construction Services, Restoration and Infrastructure Division
Blog November 9, 2021 David Todd
Restoration and Infrastructure’s Contract Administration team is led by James Dickie, with the assistance of Engineering Technologists Alex Barber and Ahmed Al-Allo. The team, within R&I’s Construction Services Business Unit, …
Staff Feature – Habitat Restoration / Stream Restoration
Blog October 15, 2021 David Todd
With incredible timing and skill, the Habitat Restoration (HARE) team has again accomplished a successful season within our rivers. A section of the East Humber River within Boyd Conservation Park …
Lunch and Learn: Phishing and Security Awareness
Blog October 4, 2021 David Todd
Hosted by TRCA’s IT department, this lunch and learn focused on different types of phishing attacks, what to look for when receiving phishing emails and how to avoid phishing attacks. …
Staff Feature – Erosion Hazard Monitoring and Erosion Studies & Analyses
Blog September 17, 2021 David Todd
Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts! In 2008, a group of co-op students began their work term by inspecting all of TRCA’s erosion control structures across the jurisdiction, along …