Koffler Scientific Reserve at Jokers Hill
Located on the Oak Ridges Moraine in King Township, north of Toronto, the Koffler Scientific Reserve at Jokers Hill is an internationally recognized site for cutting-edge research and education in biodiversity, ecology and conservation biology.
Courses offered by the University of Toronto bring students to Koffler Scientific Reserve for the type of hands on experience in natural environments that no campus can offer.
Learning is life long. Koffler Scientific Reserve offers instructive and entertaining learning experiences through special events, including informal guided Nature Walks and more intensive Natural History Workshops. A system of public walking trails offers an opportunity to experience an important piece of Ontario’s natural heritage.
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Birding for Beginners - June 2: Sign Up Now!
Whether you're interested in backyard boxes, birdwatching on hikes, or embarking on a lifelong hobby, birding is best learned in the field, face-to-face, beak-to-nose! Professional birder Antonio Coral will introduce you to the basic equipment, techniques, and teach you to identify many daytime bird species on the Koffler Reserve during this day-long Workshop. There's still space available, so sign up here!
THANK YOU!
To all the amazing volunteers who helped make our Annual Spring Cleaning event on our Public Trails a big success: we Thank You! We gathered a huge pile of garbage and litter, and the Bathurst parking area and trails are much improved. We deeply appreciate all your time, your hard work, and especially your support of the KSR public trail system and research mission.
We're on the Discovery Channel!
Research from the Experimental Climate Warming Array has been featured on the Daily Planet! Dr. Art Weis and students Susana Wadgymar and Amanda Stock explain how global climate change might - or might not! - affect the northward migration of plant species from warmer climates. You can watch this mini-documentary via the Discovery Channel website.
KSR Researcher wins "Governor General's Academic Gold Medal.
Congratulations to Dr. Jannice Friedman, former KSR researcher, who has received the 2010 ‘Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal’ in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, which honors academic excellence at the graduate level. Key experiments reported in her dissertation, ‘The Ecology and Evolution of Wind Pollination’, were performed at the reserve. Jannice is currently at Duke University supported by an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
