Name: 2026 Annual Dinner & Silent Auction
Start: 2026-02-22T17:00:00-05:00
Location: The Chanterelle

EVENT INFORMATION
The TBFN 2026 Annual Dinner will be held on Sunday, 22 February 2026 at the Chanterelle on Park. Built in 1885, The Chanterelle blends history and elegance in their meticulously restored ballroom and lounge space overlooking downtown Port Arthur. The event will include a family-style dinner provided by Tomlin Catering, guest speaker, silent auction, prizes, and a fully stocked bar featuring signature cocktails. Please join us for a spectacular winter evening filled with good company, delicious food, and nature-inspired fun. This event is open to the general public, so please spread the word and invite your family, friends and coworkers. General tickets are $75; student tickets are $45. Participation in the silent auction requires cash, cheque, or PayPal. Doors will open at approximately 5:00 pm (further details to come).
Please follow this link to learn more about The Chanterelle on Park: https://thechanterelle.ca/
Tickets can be purchased on the TBFN webstore by following this link: https://tbfn.net/product/2026-annual-dinner/ or purchased during the upcoming Field Naturalist meetings on 26 January 2026.
Please contact the Event Coordinator, Samantha at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Further information about parking in downtown Port Arthur will be provided ASAP.

GUEST PRESENTATION
This year’s speaker is Dr. Adam C. Algar (he/him), Associate Professor, Department of biology, Lakehead University
Talk Title: Commanding the Dark: Learning about life, death, and love from frogs on the edge of their world
Talk Description: In this talk, Adam will discuss work by his research group drawing on physiology, evolutionary ecology, and bioacoustics that aims to understand how Eastern Gray Treefrogs survive (or not), thrive (or not), and reproduce (or not) at the very northern edge of the geographical range, where winters are long, summers are short and habitats are rapidly changing.
Biography: Adam Algar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Lakehead University. Before joining Lakehead in 2021, he has held faculty and research positions in the UK and USA. Dr. Algar studies how species’ physiology, ecology and behaviour determine geographical range limits and how those limits change through time and across different landscapes. This work combines thermal and functional ecology with large-scale ecological and evolutionary models. He has worked with a range of study systems, including lizards in the Caribbean, the Canary Islands and Southeast Asia; invasive crayfish in the UK; and human plague in Madagascar. His current research focuses on amphibians in the boreal transition zone, especially the Eastern Gray Treefrog.
You can follow his research group on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ecto.eco.evo/