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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.
Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
Connect & Prepare program featured in report by Public Health Agency of Canada and BC Centre for Disease Control.
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.
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…
HNC is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our knowledge mobilization capacity.
Governments have become interested in reducing loneliness and social isolation and strengthening resilience and collective emergency preparedness in these settings.
The role of community housing in resident social resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
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…
Three ways rental housing providers can support social connectedness within their buildings.
In contrast to some claims that apartment living is lonely or isolating, the Community Connectors program shows that multi-unit buildings offer a wealth of social support at one’s fingertips.
How three aspects of the photo exhibition strengthened the meaningful impact of Callista Ottoni’s research.