Living Together: Connecting housing, social health and resilience was a two-day hybrid symposium of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and communities. Held at the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and online between June 7 and 8, 2022, Living Together created space for a diverse gathering…
Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.
Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.
Agenda for Living Together: Connecting housing, social well-being and resilience.
Living Together is a two-day series of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and urban communities.
Governments have become interested in reducing loneliness and social isolation and strengthening resilience and collective emergency preparedness in these settings.
Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.
Efforts to tackle social isolation among older Canadians could produce a wealth of health and lifestyle benefits for the country’s aging population. But the National Institute on Ageing also argues compellingly that such efforts, if guided by structural and equity-based approaches, could improve social connectivity throughout Canadian communities—and help head off an apparent oncoming epidemic…
Chatting with one of HNC’s newest Research Assistants about her work in the Collective and what keeps her grounded in challenging times.
In a pioneering effort, the municipal government of Barcelona, Spain in 2020 launched a ten-year strategy to reduce isolation and loneliness in the city.
Our conversation with Sara, one of HNC’s Research Assistants, about her current research, why she loves the colour of cities, and how digital apps might help older adults stay connected.
