About us // Rob Wipond

Rob Wipond

Rob provides a variety of services to HNC including research, interviewing, and report and blog writing and editing.

Rob has been a professional freelance researcher, writer, and community issues journalist for more than twenty years. He also volunteers on the board and steering committee of Building Resilient Neighbourhoods.

Over the years, he has occasionally done contract research, writing and/or editing for organizations working to protect fish and wildlife habitat, including the Conservation Lands Program, Nature Trust, Ducks Unlimited, and Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, and for groups fostering grassroots community resilience such as Hey Neighbour Collective.

Rob Wipond poses in a blue collared shirt and almost smiles.

Connect & Prepare “should be in every building!”

ByRob WipondMar 4, 202513 min read
Floor connectors hold space together smiling in the room.
At one BC Housing building, residents foster shared capacity, resilience, and fun.

‘Silver tsunami’ or golden opportunity?

ByRob WipondJan 23, 202524 min read
A group of aging adults stand arm in arm laughing.
Interwoven challenges of aging populations, social isolation, rising housing costs, and climate change are unleashing a global social innovation movement.

What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?

ByRob WipondJun 13, 20247 min read
One guy helps someone out of a car, and another guy helps someone with their groceries with text on top that says, "Neighbours Helping Neighbours."
A conversation with Molly Rose about Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ new initiative.

Reducing social isolation among older adults helps everyone

ByRob WipondOct 31, 20226 min read
Report: Understanding Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Canadians and How to Address It.
Efforts to tackle social isolation among older Canadians could produce a wealth of health and lifestyle benefits for the country’s aging population. But the National Institute on Ageing also argues…