Learning from community housing movements: Transforming corridors into social spaces
Hallways, entrances, and exits are primarily designed with fire safety in mind, which can lead to long, monotonous corridors.
Updates
Extreme heat resource round-up
These resources can help handle the heat, whether you are an individual looking to support yourself, loved ones or neighbours, or a landlord looking for help in supporting residents.
Learning from community housing movements: The social potential of multi-unit building lobbies
Five design strategies for transforming a lobby into an awesome social space.
Resource roundup from Living Together Symposium
Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.
Day two session videos from the Living Together Symposium
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.
Day one session videos from the Living Together Symposium
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.
Learning from community housing movements: Six principles for building happier homes
Feeling connected to our communities, neighbours, and friends is fundamental to human wellbeing.
How social connectedness between neighbours supports health and well-being
It isn’t just our family ties, close friendships, or group membership that make a difference. It’s neighbours.
Enhancing social connections through creative communication
Former HNC research assistant Lainey Martin discusses the Photovoice project and how visual media has the power to enhance both social connectivity and research insights.
Symposium Agenda, June 7-8
Agenda for Living Together: Connecting housing, social well-being and resilience.
Loneliness, leadership, and how buildings can make us happier
A list of articles and resources on issues like social connectedness, public health, and community design.
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.
Reflections from a landlord on the importance of relationships, self-awareness, trust and more
How do you show up for work as a landlord or property manager? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot recently. How do I listen to people who are…
Getting to know Ghazaleh Akbarnejad
We recently sat down with Ghazaleh over Zoom to chat about her work with the Collective and her experiences with liminal spaces and architecture.
Getting to know Lainey Martin
A Hey Neighbour Collective research assistant tells us about the joy and importance of getting to know your neighbours.