Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration: Seasonal April-Oct.

Volunteer Hours: 2(or more) 6hr shifts/week

Work Location(s): Bathurst Glen Golf Course - 12481 Bathurst St. Richmond Hill, ON.

Number of Vacancies: 18

Division: Conservation Parks & Lands 

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

The Starter’s primary responsibility is for ensuring total customer satisfaction while playing on the golf course The Starter is responsible for controlling and maintaining the tee time schedule and ensuring pace of play on the course.

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Greet customers, ensure guests tee off at the proper time, assist in maintaining order and pace of play on the course.
• Maintain, ensure accuracy, and submit records of player activity and receive receipts from customers.
• Oversee and maintain starter area, ensuring proper set up and cleanliness of areas.
• Maintain continual communication with golf shop regarding status of play, any factors affecting the smooth operation of play, and to receive directives regarding areas that may need attention.

What will you need to succeed: 

• Excellent Customer Service Skills; must be polite, professional, and enthusiastic in their efforts to provide the best golfing experience to our guests. 
• Excellent oral communication skills 
• Must be a flexible team player capable of shifting jobs/priorities as needed with little or no notice. 
• Conflict resolution/de-escalation - Must be able to manage difficult people/situations in a positive and diplomatic manner. 
• Must be very safety conscious.

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.

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration: May 2025 to November 2025 

Volunteer Hours: 3 hrs/week on Tuesdays OR Thursdays

Work Location(s): The Village at Black Creek

Number of Vacancies: 2

Division: Conservation Parks & Lands

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

Volunteers will assist TRCA Gardening staff in the care and maintenance of the gardens and passive landscape spaces at The Village at Black Creek. This volunteer opportunity also involves some general site and infrastructure maintenance and is a great way to get outdoors, connect with others, and be active.  

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Weed and edge gardens.
• Assist with planting and watering.
• Harvest vegetables, collect and clean seed.
• Learn to identify invasive weed species and use best management practices to remove them.
• Learn basic plant identification skills of both ornamental and native plant species.

What will you need to succeed: 

• Gardening and general landscape maintenance experience.
• An interest in gardening, horticulture, and natural heritage. 
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge.
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Physically able to walk on uneven terrain, kneel, crouch, or bend for prolonged periods.
• Please be advised that successful volunteers are required to supply and wear work gloves and CSA approved Green triangle safety footwear.

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.

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration: May 2025 to September 2025 

Volunteer Hours: 3 hrs/month (first Wednesday of the month)

Work Location(s): The Meadoway Entrance Garden, Pharmacy Ave, west of Wexford Park in Scarborough

Number of Vacancies: 5

Division: Conservation Parks & Lands

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

As a Garden Volunteer, you will assist TRCA Gardening staff in caring for The Meadoway Entrance Garden, a signature garden built in 2024 as a gift from the Garden Club of Toronto to the community.

This beautiful new pollinator garden in Scarborough is filled with native grasses and wildflowers  showcasing a diversity of plants endemic to Southern Ontario meadows, strategically arranged to support local wildlife, demonstrate native plant gardening, and a place for the local community to meet and enjoy nature.

This opportunity is also a terrific way to get outdoors, connect with others, and be active!

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Work alongside TRCA staff to maintain gardens, i.e. weeding
• Assist with planting and watering.
• Engage with local community and foster a greater appreciation of gardening with native plants.
• Learn basic plant identification skills.
• Learn to identify invasive weed species and use best management practices to remove them.

What will you need to succeed: 

• Gardening and general landscape maintenance experience.
• An interest in gardening, horticulture, and natural heritage. 
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge.
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Physically able to walk on uneven terrain, kneel, crouch, or bend for prolonged periods.
• Please be advised that successful volunteers are required to supply and wear work gloves and CSA approved Green triangle safety footwear.

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.