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Benefits of community building for housing providers: video
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 072025 . 06 . 10

Landlords and housing operators can help nurture relationships among residents, and the positive returns for everyone involved can be substantial.

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Practice Guide #2: Landlord- and housing operator-led approaches to growing community in multi-unit housing
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 062023 . 05 . 08

This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.

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The benefits of neighbourly connections for residents in multi-unit housing: video
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 01 . 312025 . 06 . 10

Residents share why they became community connectors in their multi-unit buildings, what kinds of activities they helped organize, and what the benefits have been.

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Practice Guide #1: Supporting residents to become community connectors in multi-unit housing
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 01 . 302023 . 05 . 08

This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.

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Happy, healthy tenants benefit landlords, too
By Happy Cities & Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 12 . 062023 . 05 . 08

Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.

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Interviews

Dorin Vaez Mahdavi on finding friends and what makes a city vibrant
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 10 . 062023 . 02 . 08

One of Hey Neighbour’s newest research assistants talks about her academic interests and what she loves most about travelling to other countries.

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Samantha Teichman on ageing in place and finding community in the big city
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 08 . 232023 . 02 . 08

Chatting with one of HNC’s newest Research Assistants about her work in the Collective and what keeps her grounded in challenging times.

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Breaking ground in removing social barriers
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 08 . 152025 . 03 . 11

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.

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Mainstreaming ‘sociable design’ for multi-unit housing: mapping the path forward
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 08 . 102025 . 03 . 11

On June 8, 2022, we continued the conversation with a similar cross-section of engaged professionals in a half-day in-person workshop as part of the two-day symposium entitled Living Together: Connecting Housing, Social Wellbeing, and Resilience.

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Robyn Lee, on her work with the Collective and the importance of understanding architectural history
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 08 . 092023 . 02 . 08

How did you learn about the Collective? I applied to the Masters of Urban Studies program at SFU for fall of 2022. When I was accepted, I was also in…

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The colour of cities and family stories with Sara Emami
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 07 . 252023 . 02 . 08

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.

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Resource roundup from Living Together Symposium
By Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies & SFU Public Square 2022 . 07 . 052022 . 10 . 04

Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.

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Day two session videos from the Living Together Symposium
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 06 . 262023 . 05 . 08

Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.

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Day one session videos from the Living Together Symposium
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 06 . 222023 . 05 . 08

Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.

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Symposium Agenda, June 7-8
By Hey Neighbour Collective 2022 . 05 . 252023 . 08 . 07

Agenda for Living Together: Connecting housing, social well-being and resilience.

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Dorin Vaez Mahdavi on finding friends and what makes a city vibrant

Samantha Teichman on ageing in place and finding community in the big city

Breaking ground in removing social barriers

The colour of cities and family stories with Sara Emami

Resource roundup from Living Together Symposium

Day two session videos from the Living Together Symposium

Day one session videos from the Living Together Symposium

Symposium Agenda, June 7-8

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