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.
At one BC Housing building, residents foster shared capacity, resilience, and fun.
Interwoven challenges of aging populations, social isolation, rising housing costs, and climate change are unleashing a global social innovation movement.
A conversation with Molly Rose about Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ new initiative.
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…