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  • An illustrated graphic to promote the Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective webinar about the Building Social Connections toolkit.
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    Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: Design tools to support wellbeing

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2024 . 09 . 122025 . 08 . 15

    Join Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:00 AM PST for a dynamic conversation about the recently launched Building Social Connections toolkit! Communities…

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  • A woman faces away from the camera with a clear umbrella patterned with small birds around its edge, while sunlight streams in from overhead through a leafy tree.
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    Mitigating loneliness and isolation by building social and neighbourly connections play an increasingly important role in climate resilience

    By Leanne Sawatzky, Michelle Hoar & Lauren Vincent 2024 . 09 . 052024 . 09 . 05

    A version of this op-ed originally appeared online in the Vancouver Sun on July 11, 2024. In June, residents in central and eastern Canada faced a heat dome. From B.C.,…

    Read More Mitigating loneliness and isolation by building social and neighbourly connections play an increasingly important role in climate resilienceContinue

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    Contract posting: Strategic Communications Specialist

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2024 . 04 . 232024 . 04 . 24

    The small but ambitious support team that serves HNC partners, guided by our theory of change, is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our communications and knowledge mobilization capacity.

    Read More Contract posting: Strategic Communications SpecialistContinue

  • Illustrated graphic for the 'Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle' webinar event.
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    Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Affordability Puzzle

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2024 . 04 . 122025 . 02 . 27

    The third in a three-part webinar series, ‘Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle’ will hear from guest speakers on sociable design for multi-unit housing and how local governments can help support deepened affordability.

    Read More Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Affordability PuzzleContinue

  • Group photo of the participants in the webinar joining by Zoom.
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    Webinar recap: Housing that Connects Us #2, a conversation with UK innovators

    By Kit Braybrooke 2023 . 11 . 202024 . 06 . 20

    A round-up featuring video, slides, quotes and other resources.

    Read More Webinar recap: Housing that Connects Us #2, a conversation with UK innovatorsContinue

  • A graphic illustration showing a diversity of people in community, for the 'Housing That Connects Us' webinar.
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    Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: a conversation with UK innovators

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 10 . 192024 . 12 . 16

    Hear from two UK innovators about the connection between housing and wellbeing.

    Read More Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: a conversation with UK innovatorsContinue

  • A montage of slide decks including profile photos of Michelle Hoar, Laura Chow, and Madeleine Hebert.
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    Webinar recap: Housing That Connects Us

    By Kit Braybrooke 2023 . 10 . 162025 . 03 . 04

    Please enjoy our round-up from the webinar, including a video, slides and other resources, along with a snapshot of a few of the most notable excerpts from our conversation.

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  • A graphic illustration showing a diversity of people in community, for the 'Housing That Connects Us' webinar.
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    Join our ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 09 . 152024 . 12 . 16

    Hear from local experts about the health and climate rationale for intergenerational ‘sociable’ design.

    Read More Join our ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinarContinue

  • An illustration of a happy community full of people and a building and recreational areas and some text floating on the left that says, "Building social connections."
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    Building social connections: Housing design policies to support wellbeing for all

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 09 . 122026 . 02 . 25

    Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.

    Read More Building social connections: Housing design policies to support wellbeing for allContinue

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    A Place Like Home: student research symposium

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 09 . 112023 . 10 . 26

    Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.

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    What is the role of planners in fostering pro-social communities?

    By Sara Emami, Robyn Lee & Meg Holden 2023 . 08 . 292025 . 03 . 04

    A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.

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  • A crowd of people meetup in a beautiful park with giant trees and listen to a speaker before breaking off into smaller groups.
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    Building hope through action

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 08 . 032025 . 12 . 03

    Connect & Prepare program featured in report by Public Health Agency of Canada and BC Centre for Disease Control.

    Read More Building hope through actionContinue

  • A group of audit participants sit around a table enjoying snacks and answering questions for a research study.
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    Cookies, research methods, and building audits

    By Sogol Haji Hosseini & Rojan Nasiri 2023 . 06 . 272023 . 06 . 27

    Our HNC research group, comprised of Simon Fraser University and Happy Cities members, explored how social interactions in multi-unit housing are influenced by the physical environment in 20 buildings in Vancouver and Victoria.

    Read More Cookies, research methods, and building auditsContinue

  • Three women sit outside at a cafe drinking coffee and laughing with a crowd of people in the background.
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    How density can boost wellbeing

    By Happy Cities 2023 . 06 . 232023 . 06 . 27

    People who oppose rezoning single-family neighbourhoods often claim that density is bad for our health and wellbeing. But what does the data really say? With the B.C. government’s recent announcement…

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  • An illustration depicting different people working together to build a colourful jigsaw puzzle.
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    Job posting: Knowledge Mobilization Specialist

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 06 . 062023 . 06 . 09

    HNC is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our knowledge mobilization capacity.

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