Upcoming symposium, new report and more |
Dear ,
Spring
is in the air, finally! Like most, we are slowly emerging from our
pandemic hideaways to stretch and reconnect with friends and neighbours.
We hope you are too.
We’re
excited to share a few posts with you. Included in this newsletter is
an announcement of an upcoming Hey Neighbour symposium; the results of
comparative research on sociability in multi-unit rental housing; a
profile on two of our research assistants; reflections from a Vancouver
landlord on building trust with residents; and a roundup of articles
that we’ve found thought-provoking.
As always, we’d love to know about your own work and interests. If you’re doing related work, please reach out!
Best wishes,
Hey Neighbour Collective
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Living Together: Connecting housing, social well-being and resilience
This
upcoming hybrid symposium on June 7th and 8th is co-hosted by Hey
Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public
Square. Learn from local, national and international experts. Meet a
diverse cross-section of professionals and advocates gathering to talk
about increasing loneliness and social isolation and what they can do to
combat it in their fields.
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How sociable is life in multi-unit rental housing?
This report provides a
comparative analysis of the initial 2020-21 round of resident surveys
completed by 619 residents of Catalyst, Brightside and Concert rental
buildings in British Columbia.
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Reflections from a landlord on the importance of relationships, self-awareness, trust and more
Originally published at
the Salsbury Community Society, this is a beautifully poignant
reflection from our colleague, Jeanette Moss. We asked if we could
reshare it with our networks and she kindly obliged. We are grateful.
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Getting to know two Hey Neighbour research assistants
We
recently caught up with Lainey Martin and Ghazaleh Akbarnejad over
video calls, as they were each finishing up their final internships with
Hey Neighbour. We’re so grateful for the time they spent with us and
our partners, and for all the excellent work they’ve done.
Lainey
is a graduating geography student at SFU, who we’re happy to announce
has accepted a part-time role on our backbone team. We talked about
living in Vancouver, gerontology, loneliness, and colonization.
Ghazaleh
is a master's student at SFU’s Urban Studies program with a background
in architecture, finishing up soon to pursue new paths, including
co-founding two cooperative consultancies with all women of colour. We
talked about her time as a renter in different Vancouver neighbourhoods,
comparisons to Iran, and the architectural concept of liminal spaces.
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Loneliness, leadership, and how buildings can make us happier.
A
round-up of articles and resources that we’ve been reading, on issues
like social connectedness, public health, and community design.
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