| Officers and Administrators Stacy: Executive Committee Member, Content Editor, Event Coordinator Andrew F: Executive Committee Secretary, Event Coordinator Arnie: Executive Committee Member, Event Coordinator César: Executive Committee Member, Event Coordinator Fletcher: Executive Committee Member, Event Coordinator Ryan F: Outgoing Exec Committee Member, Event Coordinator Erik S: Outgoing Executive Committee Member, Event Coordinator See our Job Descriptions for more information. | Event Coordinators | |
| Alison Ameya Arpita Caglar Chiz M Cordelia dale David B | Dima L Elizabeth D Galina S Heather A Kevin J Lili Linda D Liz H | Nihar Rupak Saul Utkarsh Yvon W | We are always looking for Event Coordinators. If you think you may be interested, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Erik Sonstenes at volunteers@torontooutdoorclub.com. |
 | Executive Committee Member Content Editor Event Coordinator Stacy |
| Stacy's a native Ontarian, started off up north, but ventured south by the age of six. Growing up, family vacations often included a tent, fishing, and sand castles. Summer days at home were full of bike rides, tree climbing and collecting rocks.
Her love of the outdoors guides her towards her current interests: hiking (in the city or the woods), backpacking, gardening, running, learning survival skills, and geocaching!
She’s been volunteering with the TOC for over ten years, and prefers to post themed events, such as the Chocolate Hike, Hikes for gelato, or Pie hike on Pi day. If it’s not a day hike in or out of the city, she might be taking you on a camping trip to see the spectacular fall colours, strawberry picking, or mini-adventures like tree-top trekking.
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 | Executive Committee Secretary Event Coordinator Andrew F |
| Growing up in a small town, Andrew doesn't come by either woods or city life honestly (or much
else). Despite that, or perhaps because of it, he's got a wicked crush on each and continues to
juggle both relationships with only minor jealousies.
He spends most of his time in the club looking for adventure, fun, and friendly people | |
 | Executive Committee Member Event Coordinator Arnie |
Arnie has lived in the GTA his whole life but enjoys getting out of the city. An avid downhill skier (The Alps, The Rockies, The Teton Range), hiker (all over southern Ontario), flat water canoe tripper, and white water canoeist, he is always looking forward to his next adventure. Arnie joined the TOC in the spring of 2013 to go on a few hikes, but immediately realized the
club is much more than just a hiking club. He has met many, many interesting people
participating in events, and looks forward to sharing many more adventures with like-minded
members.
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 | Executive Committee Member Event Coordinator César |
| Cesar grew up in a large city, surrounded by mountains, deserts, forests and canyons in northern
Mexico, where he had the occasional opportunity of enjoying hiking in the area. He enjoys living
in big cities, but every now and then gets the need to unwind in the countryside. Soon after
moving to Toronto, he joined TOC expecting to enjoy some day hikes. It would only be a matter of
time before other TOC members piqued his interest in the joy of cycling in the countryside, canoe
trips to the backcountry, and extending camping season to include winter. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by César. | |
 | Executive Committee Member Event Coordinator Fletcher |
Fletcher is a native Torontonian, urban studies graduate and passionate sports advocate and player. He joined the TOC in 2009 and became a volunteer in 2010. Fletcher's favorite events to coordinate include his Friday night Hike For A Pint and he enjoys the longer 15-25 KM out-of-town hikes. Look out for fun and challenging events from Fletcher in the future!"
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 | Outgoing Exec Committee Member Event Coordinator Ryan F |
Ryan has lived in the Toronto for most of his life aside from brief stints living in Canadian
cities starting with the letter “W”. He joined the TOC to hike more in and around the city,
exploring new neighbourhoods and parks along the way. Ryan hopes to run hikes, and maybe one day
he’ll get up the guts to attend a sporting event. | |
 | Outgoing Executive Committee Member Event Coordinator Erik S |
| Erik grew up in the GTA, and is very active in a variety of activities. These include SCUBA
diving, skiing, running, volleyball, canoeing, hiking and camping. Erik helped found/start the
club and is eager to introduce new friends to the joy of participating in some or all of these
activities. Erik is experienced in wilderness survival (loves the outdoors but hates both biting and buzzing insects). Erik currently works with our partners'/sponsors' needs regarding banner advertising and event sponsorship. Erik can be reached at eriks@TorontoOutdoorClub.com See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Erik S. | |
 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Alison |
Alison's father was a keen hill-walker and mountaineer so she started hiking at a very young age - photos exist of a tired 5-year old in hiking boots, taken somewhere in Snowdonia... This early exposure continued into adult life, and she's hiked in Canada, UK, Switzerland, USA, France, Italy, Nepal and Tanzania. Alison found the TOC back in 2005, using the same approach as most other members: by entering 'Toronto, outdoor, hiking' into a web browser. She saw an opportunity to meet like-minded people and do outdoor stuff with a friendly group (even though her first event was Texas Hold'em Poker in a Caribbean cafe). She became an Event Coordinator in 2006 and has since led groups astray on the Bruce Trail, to deepest, darkest Brampton, and even on occasion, forayed across our southern border to New Hampshire's White Mountains. She primarily leads hiking and cross-country ski events, with the occasional golf event thrown in for variety. In the summer of 2014, she completed the Bruce Trail End-to-End, all done through TOC events. She's now looking around for a new long-term challenge... suggestions welcome!
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 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Ameya |
| Ameya started hiking in the Sahyadri mountain ranges in India during his high school years. Over the years, his liking converted into a passionate hobby, and he ended up organizing many single and multi day hikes, which has continued now for over 25 years. After moving to Canada from India in 2016, he has hiked in various regions in and around Toronto.
Apart from hiking, Ameya loves photography, blogging, reading about human evolution, cooking and is a complete foodie.
As an event coordinator, Ameya believes that humans belong to nature, and being in nature is being home !! See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Ameya. | |
 | Event Coordinator Arpita |
| Arpita moved to Toronto in 2015 and joined the TOC that same year. She enjoys the urban hikes and waterfall hikes in winter. She has also lived in Vancouver for two years spending most of that time exploring the mountains and the valleys. Along with hiking, Arpita enjoys going on bike rides and pints with friends.
Arpita plans to do urban hikes through the many green spaces in the city. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Arpita. | |
 | Event Coordinator Caglar |
| Caglar, who moved to Toronto in 2015, discovered his passion for the outdoors after a friend introduced him to TOC in 2018. Since then, he's enjoyed many memorable hikes, formed great friendships, and had fun times over pints.
As an organizer, Caglar is looking forward to adding more night hikes to the club's calendar. He also enjoys swimming, paddle boarding, and biking. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Caglar. | |
 | Event Coordinator Chiz M |
| Chiz was born and raised in Japan, and came to Canada as an international student in her late 20s. She goes for a long bike ride with her bike buddy monthly, and has some tennis partners whom she plays weekly at her tennis club.
She started hiking only 3 years ago, which was indeed more like a stroll, but became a more serious hiker when she joined TOC in March 2022. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Chiz M. | |
 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Cordelia |
Cordelia left her hometown and came to Canada more than two decades ago. Her outdoor interests are varied but include hiking and camping, so expect lots of dog friendly out of town events from Cordelia and Simba, her small, gregarious Maltese pup. Simba loves hiking with the club and has been coming on events his whole life! Cordelia says Simba has a very unique personality when you get to know him. "He’s a Maltese but he thinks he’s one of us so don’t think he’s a dog even he looks like one! If you come on his hikes, you can tell him to sit, lie down, paw, hi-five, crawl, come, roll-over, jump, stop, heel, bad, good boy, good job… and he understands you perfectly well. For those who know him, he's been named as ‘superdog’ and ‘wonderdog’... and he’s looking forward
to seeing all of you coming on his events!" | |
 | Event Coordinator dale |
| Dale hails from Montreal, but has lived in Toronto for the past 20 years, except for a 4 1/2 year adventure in Hong Kong.
Dale became a serious hiker while living in Hong Kong, and has hiked in Thailand, France, Spain, and Peru, where she completed the challenging Inca Trail.
Dale joined the TOC in 2014 and looks forward to leading both urban and out-of-town hikes.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by dale. | |
 | Event Coordinator David B |
David has lived in Toronto all his life, except for 3 years traveling, studying and working in Europe. He heard about the TOC a few months ago, and liked what he saw on the Web site. David earns his keep by tutoring people to use their home computers and repairing them – that’s the computers not their users! David enjoys "gentle" cross-country skiing, bicycling and car camping – that’s not camping in a car, rather near a car :-) - and he looks forward to organizing and leading these kinds of trips for the TOC. David is also willing to try other activities. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by David B. | |
 | Event Co-ordinator Dima L |
| Dima grew up in a small town 35km from Moscow, Russia, surrounded by forests and fields. Though he lives in a big city now, his heart belongs to wide open spaces.
He is interested in organizing hiking, mountain biking, backpacking, and cross-country skiing events, often venturing south of the border. | |
 | Event Coordinator Elizabeth D |
Elizabeth grew up in New Brunswick in a very active scouting family, on a hobby farm, with lots of animals and a very large garden. She enjoys many activities including hiking, camping, horseback riding and kayaking. Some of her favourite vacations were hiking Gros Morne Mountain in Newfoundland, every trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, to the top of Ben Nevis in Scotland, the Alps in Switzerland and to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Since joining the TOC Elizabeth has participated in a variety of activities and has met a lot
of nice people.
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 | Event Coordinator Galina S |
| I came to Canada with my family in early 70’s from Belarus (former USSR republic) and I grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
I stumbled on the Toronto Outdoor Club website when trying to organize a family outing and decided to join the club in 2010. What I love about the TOC are the variety of events that lead me to discover parts of Ontario and even my own GTA back yard that I would otherwise never have the opportunity to know. The friendly and interesting people that organize and/or partake in these events make these experiences particularly memorable and fun. I enjoy curling and cross-country skiing in the winter and hiking, camping and canoeing in the other 3 seasons. Photography is one of my hobbies and at most events you will likely to see me with a camera around my neck. While I do appreciate occasional endurance/fitness level challenges (such as long hikes at moderate pace), I prefer slower pace activities where there are plenty of opportunities to pause and enjoy the surroundings.
Addictions: Dark chocolate and Starbucks | |
 | Event Coordinator Heather A |
| Heather is a long-time resident of Toronto, but is still finding interesting ‘new’ paths and events in the city and out of town. Her first TOC hike was in 2013, and she’s now looking forward to organizing hikes in Toronto and the GTA. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, theatre and chocolate – look for some chocolate-themed hikes soon! See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Heather A. | |
 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Kevin J |
Kevin is a born and bred city boy but let him loose in the outdoors and wooo hooo. He has many interests in outdoor and sporting activities that he hopes to learn, introduce and share with other TOC members. | |
 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Lili |
| Lili was born in Armenia surrounded by hills, valleys, forests, gardens, mountains, and fields,
and moved to Toronto when she was a teenager. She likes the outdoors, going on adventures, and
exploring new areas in and outside of the city and taking pictures. Lili enjoys a variety of
activities, such as badminton, yoga, swimming, hiking, kayaking, and etc. Lili joined TOC in
2012. She hopes to organize events which everyone would enjoy. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Lili. | |
 | Event Coordinator (on hiatus) Linda D |
| Linda has been in Toronto for about 30 years but still considers Sault Ste. Marie her hometown,
having moved there from a tiny community where, during recess, kids caught trout with their
bare hands in the brook behind the two-room school. Toronto still feels too big for her and
she likes to get out of town, particularly to canoe, whenever she can.
Linda has been a member of the TOC since 2007 and has enjoyed a range of canoe, bike, hike and cross-country ski events but has often felt that she had to choose between interesting looking trips and spending time with her 12-year old son. She would like to offer similar trips of light to moderate effort that can include families. If you have any ideas for trips including children, she’d be happy to hear from you. Linda has a generally busy life given that she is a single mom trying to maintain an old house and has a more than full-time job as a systems portfolio manager. People describe her as person that likes to cook but really she just likes to eat and sees cooking as the intermediate step. Chuck has said that if Linda ever became a TOC volunteer her profile would have to say that drugs brought her to the TOC. She wants to clarify that she was never using them; she was looking for a crowd that got high on nature rather than her former canoeing friends who, well, we won’t go into the details.
Linda’s outdoor goal is to become strong enough to lift a canoe by herself. | |
 | Event Coordinator Liz H |
| I found the TOC on a message board at MEC back in 2010 and have been an active member ever since. Over the years I have made so many good friendships and it is my goal as an Event Coordinator to provide others with the same opportunity.
I prefer to lead the same or similar route throughout the seasons so participants can experience how the natural world changes around us. My urban hikes run year round, in all types of weather. Along with hiking I am interested in Gardening, Vegan cooking and sharing my love of vegetables with others, Animal rights, Design and entrepreneurship, Real estate investing and Puzzles. I look forward to sharing time with you out on the trail 😊 See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Liz H. | |
 | Event Coordinator Nihar |
Formerly from Austin, Texas, Nihar has been a member of the TOC since 2008. Outdoor interests include: Running dog-friendly hikes on the Bruce Trail, running dog-friendly
urban hikes, geocaching, snowshoeing, and running random urban events, like a hike for chocolate. | |
 | Event Coordinator Rupak |
| Rupak moved to Toronto in 2014 and discovered TOC within the first 6 months while searching for a group to hike with. He has met many interesting people and shared numerous enjoyable conversations and pints.
Rupak is interested in day hikes both urban and out-of-town. He is looking forward to hiking with people he has hiked before, as well as lots of new people, to share trails he has come to love in the region. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Rupak. | |
 | Event Coordinator Saul |
| Saul was born and raised in a big city in Iran surrounded by mountains. He started hiking and mountain climbing with his father when he was five. Since then, nature has been his passion. He followed his passion in Canada. Therefore he joined TOC in 2018.
He is interested in fast-paced and challenging hikes and socializing with people.
Also, he likes and follows Soccer, Volleyball, Cycling and Martial arts. See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Saul. | |
 | Event Coordinator Utkarsh |
Utkarsh was born in India, where he spent quite some time trekking and camping in the Himalayan foothills, the Western Ghats and the Satpura hills. He continues to pursue his love of nature traversing the beautiful trails of Canada, apart from dabbling with kayaking. Since he spent most of his life in the tropical climate, he finds the Canadian winter fascinating and loves hiking along the frozen lakes. His job keeps him inside tall glass buildings for long hours: a routine that he tries to escape with hikes and other outdoor activities on the weekends. He is up for any kind of outdoor activity as long as he is surrounded by friendly people. If you can't pronounce his name, call him UT as most of his friends do. | |
 | Event Coordinator Yvon W |
| Born in Beijing, I grew up in the American Deep South (Georgia) and lived in the Bay Area for six years before coming to Toronto in 2014. I now split my time between TO and Northern Colorado. I’ve backpacked/hiked in the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies (Canadian and American), & various parts of East Asia. I’ve mostly turned to strength sports these days, but I still regularly seek fresh air. My favourite outdoor activities include long hikes, trail running, backpacking, scrambling, flatwater paddling, cycling, and snowshoeing. See you on the trails! See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Yvon W. | |
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