Webinar recap: Innovative community programs to build social connection in housing
Learning from community-based organizations about in-building social programming.
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Practical and emotional supports are “Close to Home”
Small, neighbourly connections can have big impacts on aging in place.
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Symposium recap: Living Together 2025
Two-day ‘collective action’ event gathers nearly 200 people to dig into the connections between housing, social health and resilience.
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Webinar recap: Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing
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…
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Callista Ottoni on community-engaged research, social connectedness and the magic of informal conversations
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.
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Practice Guide #4: Roles for Local Government in Strengthening Social Connectedness and Resilience Activities in Multi-unit Housing
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.
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Practice Guide #3: Developing organizational partnerships to build community in multi-unit housing
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.
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Join our webinar on social sustainability 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…
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How do researcher-community partnerships turn the dial towards greater social connectedness?
How three aspects of the photo exhibition strengthened the meaningful impact of Callista Ottoni’s research.
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Hey Neighbour Collective to benefit from CMHC support
This grant will support work from March 1st 2021 through to June 30th 2022 with four of our five practice partners. Together we’ll be exploring social sustainability innovations for affordable multi-unit rental housing. In particular, we’ll be highlighting the role that landlords, property managers and policy-makers can play in the process of building community, social connectedness and resilience in multi-unit housing contexts.
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Partner snapshot: West End Seniors’ Network
The West End Seniors’ Network focuses on supporting older adults living in multi-unit residential buildings through their Close to Home initiative.
