Learning from community housing movements: Unlocking the social potential of parking spaces
Parking is a resource-intensive use of space. What if these resources could be freed up to boost social connection instead?
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Samantha Teichman on ageing in place and finding community in the big city
Chatting with one of HNC’s newest Research Assistants about her work in the Collective and what keeps her grounded in challenging times.
Learning from community housing movements: Transforming corridors into social spaces
Hallways, entrances, and exits are primarily designed with fire safety in mind, which can lead to long, monotonous corridors.
The colour of cities and family stories with Sara Emami
Our conversation with Sara, one of HNC’s Research Assistants, about her current research, why she loves the colour of cities, and how digital apps might help older adults stay connected.
Enhancing social connections through creative communication
Former HNC research assistant Lainey Martin discusses the Photovoice project and how visual media has the power to enhance both social connectivity and research insights.
Loneliness, leadership, and how buildings can make us happier
A list of articles and resources on issues like social connectedness, public health, and community design.
Living Together: Connecting housing, social well-being and resilience
Living Together is a two-day series of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and urban communities.
What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.
A short list of articles and studies on issues like social connectedness, climate change, housing, and aging.
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A photovoice exploration into social connections at home
The SFU Research team recently completed “A Picture is Worth 1000 Words”, a Photovoice project which explores people’s experiences of social connection and isolation.
Mainstreaming socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing across British Columbia
On September 16, Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities co-hosted an online workshop to explore cultural, financial, and policy-level challenges to building socially connected, affordable multi-unit housing communities. We were joined…
Fostering preparedness and community in multi-unit buildings
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Stacy Barter discusses the Connect &
Prepare program and how property managers can best support and benefit from social connectedness and emergency preparedness among tenants.
Building community into the bottom line
For property managers, it can be challenging to move a greater sense of community off the “nice to have” list and into an actual budget line item.
Developing Truly Complete Communities, Discussion Paper
The Hey Neighbour Collective has prepared this input for the review of Metro 2040’s goal area 4.2: Develop healthy and complete communities with access to a range of services and amenities.
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.
Theory of change
Read our Change Theory (PDF) about our intended impacts, supports of change, key strategies, collaborators, foundational principles, and more.