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Michelle Colussi

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Michelle Colussi
Michelle Colussi is Co-founder and Steering Team Member at Building Resilient Neighbourhoods.

Rental housing operators and community building

ByKeltie CraigDec 13, 20239 min read
Rental housing operators and community building
Making Connections – a rental housing providers and neighbourly social connectedness research overview.

Building hope through action

ByHey Neighbour CollectiveAug 3, 20232 min read
A crowd of people meetup in a beautiful park with giant trees and listen to a speaker before breaking off into smaller groups.
Connect & Prepare program featured in report by Public Health Agency of Canada and BC Centre for Disease Control.

Are you and your neighbours safely connected and prepared for extreme heat? Try out our new guide

ByBuilding Resilient NeighbourhoodsJun 21, 20234 min read
Neighbours prepare for heat, together in a shady backyard with some festive flags up.
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN), in collaboration with Hey Neighbour Collective, has published a new, free guide called Prepare Together for Extreme Heat.

Webinar recap: Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing 

ByTeamMar 7, 20233 min read
Headshots of speakers, and slide deck cover images of the presenters, from the CMHC webinar on March 1.
On March 1st, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) and CMHC co-hosted a webinar entitled ‘Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing.’ A diverse audience, including local and federal government employees, housing providers and…

Practice Guide #4: Roles for Local Government in Strengthening Social Connectedness and Resilience Activities in Multi-unit Housing

ByHey Neighbour CollectiveFeb 23, 202318 min read
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods connect & prepare workshop.
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.

Building resilience and emergency preparedness through social connections: video

ByHey Neighbour CollectiveFeb 14, 20232 min read
The sun sets in the West and the city of Vancouver sits nestled South of mountains, as seen from the air.
Workshop leaders and participants discuss how the Connect & Prepare program helps grow social connections between neighbours that support resilience and preparedness.