Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) is a systems change project that brings together housing providers, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities to experiment with and learn about ways of effectively building community, social connectedness and resilience in BC’s fast-growing vertical communities.
During our chat with Rojan, one of HNC’s research assistants, we learned about what makes for walkable urban spaces and sociable common areas, plus some of her favourite things about Kerman, Iran.
In our conversation with research assistant Farinaz, we talked about her work with HNC and discussed the challenges and potential solutions for making walking more accessible for immigrant older adults in cities.
HNC is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our knowledge mobilization capacity.
The Surgeon General has created a Framework for a National Strategy to Advance Social Connection. It details critical and actionable next steps that individuals, communities, organizations, and governments can take to foster social connection.
In our conversation with Ahad, we learned about how he’s made connections between his engineering background and current work with the Collective.
Governments have become interested in reducing loneliness and social isolation and strengthening resilience and collective emergency preparedness in these settings.
Reflecting on HNC’s first three years, this report details activities, learnings, and shared priorities moving forward.
Over a lively phone call, we chatted with Niloofar about her work in Iran and how she’s applying that experience to new research in Canada.
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…
Callista Ottoni, PhD candidate at UBC and Mitacs Intern for Hey Neighbour, shares her thoughts on community-engaged research, her recent photography exhibit, and why she loves cycling around the city.
Fourth in a series of four guides from Hey Neighbour Collective about strategies and practices to increase neighbour-to-neighbour connections and social resilience among residents living in multi-unit housing.
Canada is simultaneously experiencing a severe housing crisis and – like many other countries – a crisis of increasing loneliness and social isolation. Intervening to tackle loneliness and social isolation…
Workshop leaders and participants discuss how the Connect & Prepare program helps grow social connections between neighbours that support resilience and preparedness.
Third in a series of four guides from Hey Neighbour Collective about strategies and practices to increase neighbour-to-neighbour connections and social resilience among residents living in multi-unit housing.
Join us on March 1st at 10 AM PST for a free, CMHC-hosted webinar to learn more about building social sustainability in multi-unit housing. As Canadian cities densify, multi-unit housing…
