TRCA- Restoration & Infrastructure

Volunteer Role Details:

*PLEASE NOTE* this opportunity is based in Brampton only and we are currently RECRUITING FOR 2025 start dates at this time!

Duration: April 2025 - November 2025 

Volunteer Hours: no set schedule, monitoring takes place any day of the week before dusk

Work Location(s): Brampton - Loafer's Lake, Etobicoke Creek Trail, Donnelly Park

Division: Restoration and Infrastructure

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

Volunteering for this opportunity, you will play a critical role in collecting data on wildlife sightings and install nest protectors as required to protect turtle nests.

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Search for turtles and nesting activity
• Install nest protectors on observed or suspected nesting sites
• Collect data on collisions/mortality rates of amphibians and reptiles along the trails and paths at identified locations in Brampton
• Record observations using Survey 123 app

What will you need to succeed:

• A cellphone
• Comfortable using apps
• Amphibian and reptile identification skills helpful, not required

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted for interviews. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code,  Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodation will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA. We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, ON, M3N 1S4, (437) 880 2308.